Fined for taking a leak....

[Phil]

[O.B.]

Quite right too, dirty begger.

[O.B.]

Quite right too, dirty begger.

[ABC]

What would have happened if someone did that in his house. Maybe he does that anyway in his own home

[Badger]

I wonder what would happen if the US unskilled labours practice of crappin' in the loft-space and down the insides of double skin walls of new houses caught no here....

[John Cartmell]

With a bit of luck more fatal 'accidents' as said labourers were pushed from their perch mid ****.

[Mr Fizzion]

The BBC article doesn't say what he was convicted of with respect to weeing in the tank...

"Williams was convicted of attempted deception, making false trades description and making a reckless statement, having denied all the charges."

Some other offence too surely?

Mr F.

[Aidan]

"He was found guilty by a Guildford Crown Court jury last month of attempted deception, making a false trades description and making a reckless statement."

"But speaking after he was sentenced today, he said he had realised during the call-out that he was being filmed and, angry that Trading Standards were trying to entrap "honest" plumbers, he had deliberately acted illegally. He said: "I was trying to expose Trading Standards doing the set up. I knew I was being filmed and would end up in court and I was hoping to expose them.""

Taking a 'leak' got him a lot of publicity, but it wasn't what he was convicted for. He had tipped it into the F&E tank, but had rinsed the vase out in the cold water storage tank (I think).

[ABC]

> "He was found guilty by a Guildford Crown Court jury last month of

More like an excuse that he got caught. If he thinks that way, then "honest" plumbers wouldn't be drawn to the attention of Trading Standards. His statement doesn't make sense. Would he deliberately speed past a speed-trap on the basis that the police try to entrap "honest" drivers? No, I don't think he would. He just got caught doing something that he shouldn't.

[Andrew Gabriel]

his _face_? FWIW, they showed his face on the TV news as he arrived in court.

[Jonathan Pearson]

What gets me is that it cost '£700 to flush the system out' - maybe they should have prosecuted who ever did that too?? Jon

[Steve Firth]

thing that he could have said in his defence that seems to be omitted from the report is that the tank in question was the CH header tank, not the DHW tank. OTOH his conviction appears to be unrelated to the urinating incident, it all relates to his rip-off.

[Lobster]

Given that originally he pleaded not guilty to all charges, and that after sentencing he claimed he'd done it deliberately, I would have thought he was setting himself up nicely for a charge of perjury, actually!

David

[bigcat]

Quite! A court would have to be stunningly naive to accept it cost =A3700 to turn the taps on. Or taps on, taps off, disinfectant in tank, taps on again.

NT

[John Rumm]

Perhaps the court took into account the usual collection of crud, muck, fungus, and dead rodents that seem to float about in some cisterns, and counted that as no worse!

[Tony Bryer]

Urine is at least sterile. And some people even advocate drinking it - though your own, not other people's!

[Andy Hall]

Apparently it's good for bathing as well. Google for "golden showers".....

[The Natural Philosopher]

The real crime was whoever charged 700 quid to flush the tank out...I mean..you just turn the taps on for a day..

[The Natural Philosopher]

I've pissed on brick walls many times. Helps the cement go off :D

[The Natural Philosopher]

Oh other people's as well.

And reindeer's IYKWIM :-)