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Prescott applauds clampdown on happy-slapping hoodies

Public similarly enthusiastic
by Chris Wildman

Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has backed a ban on "hoodies" and baseball caps at Britain's biggest shopping centre after revealing he nearly fell victim to the "happy slapping" craze last year when he was approached by a gang of youths, one of whom had a video camera, and threatened the shocked politico.

The public has responded with enthusiasm to Prescott's call for law and order. Craig Evans, from Denbigh, says Presser gets his vote and recalls how he himself was attacked in 2001: "I was with a group of friends in Rhyl when this madman suddenly came at me and punched me in the face. I noticed that he was with a large group of similarly dressed men and one of them had a video camera with him, they weren't wearing hoodies but they definitely belonged to some sort of gang as they wore identical red rosettes."

Bizarrely, Mr Evans' attacker has never been prosecuted even though there were several police officers nearby and the video filmed by the gang has appeared on numerous websites including the BBC's. Police have confirmed that the man is known to them but say they had no plans to pursue the matter.

Mr Evans went on to say that he believes he is possibly the first victim of the sick craze. "Before this incident I had never even heard of 'happy slapping' but I now believe this attack may have started the whole thing off. Maybe the youths who attacked Mr Prescott saw the video on the internet and decided to copy it — their MO sounds very similar."

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