Yob fines for women soar (From The Argus)

Yob fines for women soar

7:40pm Sunday 19th October 2008 in

By Andy Whelan »

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Scores of heavy-drinking yobettes are having to be stopped by police for antisocial behaviour on Sussex’s streets, force statistics have revealed.

Figures obtained using the Freedom of Information Act show police are handing out more and more on the spot fines to deal with drunken women.

Critics blame the increase on the introduction of 24-hour drinking in November 2005.

From April 2004 to April 2005 369 fixed penalty notices were given to women, including 29 girls aged 16 and 17.

But from April 2007 to April 2008 1,136 fixed penalty notices were given to women, including 71 to girls aged 16 and 17.

Yobettes picked up fines for offences such as being drunk and disorderly, drunk in the highway, drinking in a public place, vandalism and abusive behaviour.

Police have been increasingly issuing fixed penalty notices to deal with antisocial behaviour rather than taking offenders to court.

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davyboy says...
8:07pm Sun 19 Oct 08

24 hour drinking has nothing to do with this sort of behaviour. people's inability to hold their drink, or drink sensibly is the cause. europe doesn't have this problem, as children are taught about drinking from an early age, often drinking watered down wine with meals. drinking abroad is a social thing, where folk do not drink to excess, but merely as an addition to meeting friends. over here, the friday and saturday night culture is to drink as much as possible, then walk the streets, throwing up and swearing at anyone you see. in my experience, girls are worse than men, as they cannot hold their drink as well as men. we need to get away from this culture, and try to introduce european ideas.