Daily Mail joins the fray : PCSO told householder that photographing yobs is 'assault'
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Daily Mail joins the fray : PCSO told householder that photographing yobs is 'assault'

An unexpected ally, The Daily Mail has discovered PCSO's and their outpourings of spontaneous photo-gibberish as a rich vein of copy:

A householder who took photographs of hooded teenagers as evidence of their anti-social behaviour says he was told he was breaking the law after they called the police.
David Green, 64, and his neighbours had been plagued by the youths from a nearby comprehensive school for months, and was advised by their headmaster to identify them so action could be taken.
One of Mr Green's pictures shows two hooded teenagers, one making an obscene gesture towards the camera.
But when Mr Green left his £1million London flat to take photographs of the gang, who were aged around 17, he said one threatened to kill him while another called the police on his mobile.
And he claimed that a Police Community Support Officer sent to the scene promptly issued a warning that taking pictures of youths without permission was illegal, and could lead to a charge of assault.

The article continues at the Mail Online site, and concludes

Last week, the Daily Mail reported that a father was told by a play equipment supervisor he was not allowed to take pictures of his own children on a slide.


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