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July 17th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - George McNaught falsely fined victims £45-£320
- He had been awarded for bravery in 2009
- His motive was to be successful at work, not for financial gain
- Judge said the PCSO abused his power
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Daily Mail Reporter
11:57 EST, 16 July 2012
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03:34 EST, 17 July 2012
Desperate for success: Policeman George McNaught falsely issued hundreds of fines to be successful at work
He made a name for himself after wrestling a gun from the hands of a woman who was pointing it at a young boy.
And after his spell in the limelight, it appears PCSO George McNaught was determined to keep up the crime-fighting.
But the 48-year-old’s desire for success ended in shame yesterday when the Blunkett Bobby was jailed for six months for issuing hundreds of false fixed penalty notices.
McNaught was the first PCSO in London to be awarded the commendation of the High Sheriff of London after wrestling a gun from a woman’s hands at Victoria Station in 2009.
He was given the award by then Met police commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson for pinning down the armed suspect after she pointed the weapon at a boy.
But the Westminster-based PCSO was so hungry for success he began inventing bogus penalty notices, usually for cycling on the pavement.
McNaught targeted members of the public after finding their names and addresses on items of lost property.
Some victims paid the fines – which started at £45 and quickly increased to £320 – while others spent hours arguing about them in court.
One woman who was issued a false notice had bailiffs come to her home chasing £320 in fines. Another ticket was issued to a man who had suffered nerve damage to his arm and could not even ride a bike.
Although the exact number of false notices issued is unknown, investigating detectives found at least 350 suspect tickets between February 2010 and September last year.
McNaught was caught out after a man fined for cycling on the pavement on the Strand complained.
When police searched the officer’s home they found a canister of CS gas which had been reported missing from a police locker room.
Humiliated victims: One woman was falsely fined £320 by Mr McNaught and was left embarrassed and humiliated
Fallon Alexis, prosecuting, said: ‘One woman was stopped at Victoria Coach station with friends and had bailiffs come to her house after she was ordered to pay £320 in fines.
‘She had to come to a subsequent court hearing, and in her own words felt embarrassed and humiliated, due to Mr McNaught.
‘Another man who paid a £45 fine later told police that he had an accident in 1997 and suffered nerve damage to his left arm and shoulder. He said he could not use a bicycle if he wanted to.’
McNaught, of Paddington, admitted one count of misconduct in a public office and possession of a prohibited weapon.
Judge John Hillen said: ‘It’s an abuse of power by someone who is given power and then decides to use that power in a bad way. As a PCSO he had a power and used it in a crazy way which is extremely harmful.
‘You have a positively good character, for some seven years as a PCSO in which I’m told you loved, and indeed did extremely well in.
‘You were serving the public but that trust placed in you, you abused.
Lost property: Mr McNaught targeted cyclists using personal details found on lost property
‘What motivated you is and remains entirely unclear. There was no financial gain, there was no corruption, there was no acting on behalf of criminals or friends.
‘It seems to me, what you chose to do having been given power, was to abuse that power.
‘The public have to be confident in the fixed penalty notice system and you undermined that confidence.
‘Confidence in the PCSO community has also been undermined.’
Ann-Marie Talbot, defending, said McNaught had been sacked as a PCSO and had moved back to his native Scotland, where he worked as a part-time cleaner.
She added: ‘It would appear there was no motivation other than a desire to be successful in his job.
‘I don’t think he understands himself though what led him to take these actions.’
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There are 100s and 1000s of corrupt people like him…..a shame it takes so long to sniff them out. the law in the UK is too soft on crimes that deserve longer sentences.
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Imagine all the law suits stacking up for when he gets out. Ha ha ha, what a plonker.
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A part time cleaner in his previous life….they put these people in positions of such power..beyond belief…but it does save them training and paying a real policeman.
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The Police have been doing it for years and getting away with it!
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Under the 1689 Bill of Rights, no one can issue an immediate fine, of any kind. The law still stands and has not been repealed of replaced, no matter what anyone tries to tell you. The government are aware of this and do not want it tested in law. For years HMRC chased me over a non existent debt (they wouldn’t even explain why they thought I owed it) and threatened fines. Strangely, they decided to look into it properly and ‘discover’ they were wrong, when I mentioned the Bill of Rights. This is a proper law, offering proper protection not the muddled, vested interest-supporting laws we get now. The current talk of a ‘Bill of Rights’ is an attempt to delete the previous one without you realising.
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The requirement to meet ‘targets’ has ruined our police force. Years ago a good community copper was recognised for the ABSENCE of crime on his patch. Nowadays he would be reprimanded, probably dismissed, as incompetent. Now if such trivia as (for example) littering offences did not count towards targets and only CONVICTIONS for theft, vandalism, assault etc. could be considered, then the target system might just start to do some good. Generally, however, the entire concept has been counter-productive from the start.
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Thats a fraction of the thousands that get away with it every day.
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He is not a police officer. He is a man in a uniform with little powers. How can this man issue fines?
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PCSO’s are power hungry even try to control civil law when it affects their mates who are curtain twitchers for them, would never trust one and as the police always back them up then I tar them with same brush.
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Mentally drunk on his assumed power and now a thief as well by stealing from innocent people.
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