Are you a retard?
Man with bloody nose: Excuse me officer I was attempting to steal from this publican and he punched me on the nose.
Policeman: Are you a retard?
Me: Just call the pub up the road, he stole from them only minutes earlier.
Man with bloody nose: But he punched me?
Policeman: You're nicked.
( The only Dave is pushing things forward, Thu 13 Oct 2011, 17:01, 4 replies)

That is exactly how the law works, yes.

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 13 Oct 2011, 17:03, closed)

Yes, because the man would tell the police he was trying to steal from you, wouldn't he?
Jesus.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 13 Oct 2011, 17:05, closed)

You would have both been taken in I'm afraid
And chances are you would have come off worse as there's no way you could've proven that he tried to scam you or the other pub. He, however, would have a pretty good case against you for assault. Soz.
( Two Hats I saw someone eating M&M's with a spoon, Thu 13 Oct 2011, 17:06, closed)

It would have been incredibly simple for the scammer to say it was an honest mistake and return the money to the first pub, and that'd be that.

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 13 Oct 2011, 17:08, closed)

Quite
While our handsome hero relaxes in a cell nearby, he'll be off trying to scam another pub further down the road
( Two Hats I saw someone eating M&M's with a spoon, Thu 13 Oct 2011, 17:09, closed)

I'm willing to bet that if he attempted something like this now the scammer type would most likely stab him up a bit.

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 13 Oct 2011, 17:17, closed)

GIMME MAW CHANGE AWRILE CUTCHA!

( Two Hats I saw someone eating M&M's with a spoon, Thu 13 Oct 2011, 17:21, closed)

& of course this fellow who was trying to rip you off
is going to be completely honest & straight-forward with the police.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Thu 13 Oct 2011, 21:26, closed)