A Police Constable who failed to take into custody a man attempting to break-in to a chinease restaurant in Kirkintilloch has been handed a 12 month custodial sentence for attempting to defeat the ends of justice.
On 25 July 2010 at 05:30 PC Michele Selby discovered a man who claimed to be fixing the door of a restaurant. PC Selby had confiscated the tools from the man in question, however did not take him into custody. The man in question had six previous convictions and was told by Selby that had she not had another call to attend she would have jailed him, Glasgow Sheriff Court heard. The call to which Selby refered was not a 999 call, indeed it wasn’t a call for police assistance at all but was simply delivering mail.
PC Selby placed the items seized from the man in the bin at the police station. Since being found guilty by the Court PC Selby has resigned from Strathclyde Police.
prout de jure 
By the sounds of it PC Selby is no great loss to the police force. Why would she confiscate his tools and not detain him under S14, by the sounds of it she caught him in the act… though saying that i have had a Chinese from Kirkintilloch before and perhaps her efforts would have been better served charging the owner for such rubbish prawn crackers. 🙂
Saw this in the metro this morning… I think she just wanted an extra screwdriver and crowbar for her toolbox. 😉
(and no – that’s *not* a euphemism!)