Cops who collar kids but ignore terrified widows

MAUREEN smith, 83, was l eft shaken when a drunk man barged his way i nto her bungalow in Wadebridge, Cornwall.

When he left after 15 minutes, she dialled 999. But the operator told her as it was no longer an emergency, she should just lock her doors, close her curtains and forget the whole thing. thank you and goodnight.

after Mrs smith (right) alerted her family, they went to the police station. there was no one there, and it took two hours to track down a policeman.

the cops, to their credit, eventually did go to see Mrs smith, who is a widow. all she needed to stop ‘shaking life a leaf ’ was a bit of reassurance and a quick check of her security arrangements.

We know they are hampered by cuts, but you have got to wonder about police priorities.

in Derbyshire this week, two policemen quizzed a four-yearold boy and his six-year- old sister for 45 minutes after a neighbour complained they were making too much noise while playing in the street. What were they going to charge them with? rioting while in charge of a trike? Grievous bodily harm to a peppa pig dolly? Meanwhile, pensioners are too scared to venture outside their front doors. it doesn’t make sense.

Christopher Lees is a very modern kind of creep. he posted a photo on Facebook of his girlfriend performing a sex act after she broke up with him. he also threatened to send it to her parents.

in a Birmingham court this week, the 27-year-old admitted a charge of harassment and was sentenced to four months, suspended for a year, ordered to do 150 hours’ unpaid work, pay £500 compensation and £105 costs.

Good. i’m glad that courts are now taking revenge porn seriously. Lees has been punished, named and shamed. Now, at the very least, other women can avoid him.

however, can i just say something? i do wish girls would avoid posing for such snaps — for what else are they, except boastful male sex trophies?

What seems like fun in the heat of the moment can be turned into a weapon used to insult and damage them later. so, if in doubt, don’t do it.

some see such advice as fuddy- duddy, anti-feminist and victim-blaming. it’s not. it’s called being sensible.

A Teacher was turned away from a late-night McDonald’s in cambridge for being too drunk. embarrassing! Still, should we be amazed that the fast-food chain feels the need to employ bouncers on its doors at the weekend, let alone breathalyse customers? Not really. In Newcastle, a 24-hour branch of Greggs has employed weekend bouncers for years. the Pasty Patrol keep order among the clubbers queuing for a snack to soak up all the booze. ‘It’s healthy,’ a Geordie cabbie once told me, and I had to concede he had a point. Sort of.