On Thu, 25 Dec 2003, JB wrote:
"Colin Rosenstiel" wrote in message
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In article , (Andrew
P Smith) wrote:
In article , Richard
J.
Is that true? I would have thought that they were entitled to use
reasonable force to eject an unauthorised person from private property,
like bouncers in clubs or pubs.
I would take it as assault. Do you know if the law exists for an RPI to
forcibly remove someone from LUL property?
I think they have no such power, assuming it's the same on National Rail.
When a fare dodger was playing dead the other day on a train I was on the
I don't know if Railway bylaws change things but in normal circumstances;
Anyone acting for the owner of the property has the right to use "necessary"
force to remove someone.
Anyone has the right to arrest anyone else if *they have* committed an
arrestable offence. A police officer has the right to arrest anyone if he
*suspects they have* committed an arrestable offence.
AIUI, the citizen's arrest power only covers serious offences (those which
can be punished with imprisonment or something); i don't think it covers
fare evasion.
tom
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or are they poststructuralist terrorists? perhaps we shall never truly know.