Distasteful yes - arrestable?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/7652298.stm

"Mr Creedon explained that there had not been enough police officers
available to arrest those onlookers urging the teenager to jump."

 

Jumper baiting sounds more like a sport than an offense.

 

Would it not come under 'incitement'? Not sure incitement to suicide
actually exists as a crime, but I bet there's something that covers this
sort of thing.

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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Veggie Dave

Actually, it does.

 

If it isn't the Zanu Labour party will invent it pretty soon.

 

Wtf is wrong with Derby coppers? All they had to do was tell the
shouters to shut up or they would be arrested and whistle up a couple of
paddywagons to stand by.

Apart from that, I'm not surprised the poor sod topped himself. Imagine
having to live with an ID photo like that on his student card.
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Simple 'Breach of the Peace' at the very least and once it's up in court
and the mag hears about the circumstances, I'd bet there would be a few
stinging fines.
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How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

 

Perzactly, if they wanted to they could have done.

It could have been worse, he could have been ginger and living in
derby.

 

I know you could be prosecuted for assisting a suicide but shouting at
someone to jump would whilst unpleasant, is IMO be quite different
from actually helping them.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique,
typed

The Suicide Act 1961, makes it an offence to aid, abet, counsel or
procure a suicide or a suicide attempt.

"Counsel" would seem to fit here.

 

Whilst I wouldn't actually shout at someone to jump, I can understand
the feelings behind it.

We were held up in a traffic jam on M1 a few years ago, no clue what it
was all about for an hour or so until the radio news piped up that the
Police had closed the motorway because someone was threatening to jump
off a bridge, near J29 Mansfield/Chesterfield. After waiting another
half hour before we could turn round and drive miles back to J30 (we
were only a mile from the bloody bridge but they wouldn't let anyone
use the exit slip-road before the bridge) we all wished that the bugger
would either jump or just **** off and stop wasting hundreds of peoples
time.

 

Section 5, Public Order Act.

 

The buggers generally close the motorway to 'search for evidence' afterwards
even though they were watching when it happened, so you still get delayed.

The correct thing to shout is
"Jump, you fucker, jump.
Jump into this here blanket what we are holding
And you will be alright."

 

Oh Derek, you are a card - you know that will never work!

 

It is an offence here in France (three years imprisonment and a 45,000?
fine (five years and 75,000? if the victim is a child)), but only if it,
erm .. 'works'.

I'd have imagined they could have nicked 'em for a good old-fashioned
Breach.

D.