After neighbours had complained of smells emanating from the flat, council workers investigated and found the remains of Dennis Pring who would now be 73 years-of-age on the sofa.

The tenant who is also in his 70’s, did not report the death as he suffers from severe mental health problems.  Bristol City Council has now launched an investigation to determine how this could have happened.

Residents said that they had made a number of complaints about the terrible smells from the first floor flat for years but nothing was done about it.  They were told there could be a problem with the drains or accumulated rubbish.

Why was this elderly person with severe mental health problems not getting some sort of care, in a supposedly warden-controlled flat.  What happened to care in the community?  Where were social services?  Someone needs to take control of these issues, its not the first time and I’m sure it won’t be the last.

Pure Evil

In December 2008, a 49-year-old man collapsed with a brain tumour  at a Nationwide Building society branch in Eltham, Kent.  He had gone to withdraw money for his son’s Christmas present and had a bag containing £2,500 with him.

While the victim was lying on the ground being attended to by paramedics an evil pensioner stole the bag containing the money and disappeared from the scene.

The elderly woman was wearing a purple coat and pointed boots with short fair hair and glasses and was clearly seen on the CCTV camera picking up the bag and inching out of the branch on the 17th December.

All the man in question is asking for is that the money be returned, the savings that he and his family live off.  I hope she gets what she deserves, age is immaterial, she is a thief and deserves to be treated as such.

I don’t how the woman can live with herself, people are already struggling with the financial crisis we are all finding ourselves in but too steal from a person who was quite obviously ill is beyond belief.

She was caught on camera so she probably lives locally, get the film clip on all the local news channels in Kent and I’m sure somebody will be able to identify the low-life.

She cried out for help to a man who was walking past but he ignored the distressed pensioner and it is believed she may have been lying there for up to ten-minutes before somebody stopped to help her.

Molly Morgan died some hours later in hospital from a subdural haematoma but not before telling police about the stranger who ignored her plea.

Some witnesses apparently assumed that this lady was drunk and so just left her, but surely even if this was the case you would still try and help!

I know in this day and age we need to be vigilant, and are taking a risk getting involved in certain situations, but how could someone just walk past in this instance, it was an elderly person that was obviously in pain, you certainly wouldn’t have been in any danger, Shame on you!

This is now a case of murder, the thug stole a handbag, which allegedly only contained an extension lead and an umbrella, which led to this poor woman’s fall and her ultimate death.

We need to stand up to the scum that is on our streets, not bury our heads in the sand.  This country no longer has any moral standards, the government are doing nothing to get our streets back to a safe place and the police have their hands tied, so it’s back to the people to take control, come on make Britain Great again a safe and good place to be.

Pensioner

I remember being told as a youngster to always respect your elders but it seems that it’s not always the case these days.

A 64-year old man, living in sheltered accommodation in Lincolnshire, who is said to be suffering from Parkinson’s disease, has been taken to court for burglary.

The pensioner, had forced open the back door of a menswear store in the town and filled his bags with clothing worth an estimated £500, however, when staff turned-up at the store they found his mobility scooter parked at the front.  They then heard footsteps in the store room above but the sprightly old boy made his get away and rode off on his scooter.

Unfortunately, he had forgotten his swag, which he apparently intended to collect later but never made it back to the store.

The old man pleaded guilty to the offence and his medication has been increased.  He was given a conditional discharge of 18 months and had to pay court costs of £60.

Next there was the drunk granny, who tried to drive her car up a stone staircase, normally for pedestrian use, after leaving her aerobics class.

The 74-year-old, admitted drinking before and after the fitness class and then attempting to drive herself home, but her car got wedged at the top of the stairs and emergency services were called.

The incident happened in Cambridgeshire on November 5th, after already reversing into a stone wall in the car park before missing the exit ramp and heading for the pedestrian exit.

She was breathalysed at the scene which proved to be positive leading to an 18 month driving ban, a £350 fine and was ordered to pay costs of £60 plus a £15 victim surcharge.

Rest In Peace

A Royal Marine captain, Bill Hoadley, was laid to rest in Strood cemetery in Kent, ten-years ago but now Medway Council have decided that it grave does not meet cemetery regulations and wants the family to alter it.

Mr Hoadley, died in 1998 aged 76, after devoting his life to his country, serving in the Second World War in places such as Burma, Italy, India and the North Atlantic.

The man is a war hero and later became the commanding officer of the Royal Marine Cadet Unit in Chatham, as well as chairman of the Chatham branch of the Royal Marine Association.

Now someone at the council, with nothing better to do, has apparently given the family 28-days to make alterations to the memorial.

They want two concrete plant pots removed as well as the pebbled top of the grave at an estimated cost of to the family of £2,000, or face the grave being taken down.

The family of Mr Hoadley were informed of this decision by a note stuck on the grave from Medway Council, which supposedly breaches Health & Safety regulations.

The Medway council bereavement and registration services manager said,

“We have placed notices on graves that have memorials without permits.  We try to take a considered approach but there are often extreme circumstances upon which we must act.”

Firstly, how can this man possibly be a bereavement manager, he has no compassion at all and secondly, these people have paid already, why should they have to make further payments to get a permit?

Surely, the council would have known ten-years ago that the grave did not meet their regulations so why wait until now to do anything about it, it’s an absolute disgrace.

So much of the Medway Towns are a disgrace, but instead of sorting these important issues out, the council try to find fault with things that don’t need fixing!

Driving Age Limit

Another pensioner has maimed and injured a person which led to his death due to dangerous driving, and now a judge is trying to get a change in the law to test that older drivers are still fit to drive.

An 86-year-old man, who was registered deaf, had previously had eight heart bypass operations, had suffered a stroke and only just had mobility, ploughed into three pedestrians after accidentally putting his foot on the accelerator instead of the brake.

He mounted the pavement and hit an elderly couple and a 24-year-old woman.  The wife, 77, had to have her leg amputated and is still in hospital with serious hip injuries while her husband 78, died three months later, which his family believe is a consequence of the accident.

The driver, was given a suspended eight-month sentence for dangerous driving and fined £2000 with orders to pay £250 costs plus a three-year driving ban.

Currently in the UK there is no upper age limit for drivers, although at the age of 70-years-old, the driver needs to reapply for their license and every three years after, and it is also up the driver to declare if they are still fit to drive.

It always astounds me to see a frail pensioner shuffling across the road with walking sticks etc, easing themselves into a car and driving off.  How can they possible have the same reflects that they had as a younger person to be able to make a quick decision and be able to drive a vehicle safely, quite simply they can’t!

Of course, not all elderly are bad drivers, most are more careful than many of the young guns on the roads today but many should have hung-up the keys a long time ago.

In my view, at the age of 65-years-of-age, a person should have a test every year, if they are competent drivers, with a full proven eye test, then no problem.  As we all know, health does deteriorate with age!

Barbara Ellis drunk on gin at the time of the incident, told her husband Roderic, that she hated him before slashing him across the face with a knife, causing a seven-inch wound that required thirteen stitches.

When the police arrived at the home of the couple, Mrs Ellis was cleaning her husbands blood off of the carpet.

She should have been given an immediate jail sentence, set down in the guidelines, however, the judge gave her a 12-month sentence, suspended for a year and ordered her to attend an alcohol treatment programme.

Unbelievable, so what if she’s an old lady, she’s done the crime she should do the time!

Time and time again we listen to the excuse that it was because of the drink, so what is being done about it, absolutely nothing.

You can pick alcohol up for less money than a bag of chips, something needs to be done and fast.

She got dressed and went outside and shouted,

“Why can’t you go back to where you come and make some noise there?  I bet your families and neighbours wouldn’t put up with it.

You don’t care about us and do just as you like.  What gives you the right to frighten my elderly neighbours, cause damage and keep us awake at night?”

The woman reported it to the police who came and moved the group of students on, but, it didn’t end there.

Four months later, the lady was arrested and accused of being a racist, as two of the students were Asians and had made a complaint to the police.

The lady was charged with using racially aggravated threatening words or behaviour under section 5 of the Public Order Act.

She denied the charge at the court hearing and eventually the Crown Prosecution Service, dropped the charges last week as there was little chance of conviction.

The grandmother is now filing a complaint about her treatment by the police, and good for her, this country is unbelievable.  I saw no mention of an arrest for the students for the disturbance they were causing!

I think everyone is getting a bit sick of the ‘Racist Card’ being used every time there is an incident, seems to me this is what is starting to make people racist.

Tom has been admitted to Southampton General Hospital after a heart attack and suffering from other health problems, and has been told that when he leaves he will be entitled to residential care but his wife may not be entitled to join him.

Iris has severe mobility problems and is almost blind but this may not be serious enough to warrant the residential care that her husband could receive.

The couple from Fawley in Hampshire, met in 1942 just before Tom joined the Navy and they married in 1946 and now after having spent more than 66 years together could be forced to live apart.

From his hospital bed, Tom said “I feel pretty grim about the future. The war didn’t split us up but now this could. I never thought I would see the day when I was separated from my wife. We have both worked our whole life, paying into the system, and I am not happy that we are being treated like this.”

Iris who was weeping said “I don’t want to be without him. I am very upset and angry. Apart from the war and hospital we have never been away from each other. I think things would have been different years ago. Old people used to be treated differently.”

The couple’s daughter Lynne Kotchie, had received a phone call after a meeting with a team at the hospital, who suggested that a residential home placement could be possible for her father.

Mrs Kotchie said “We are still trying to establish what we are entitled to. It was suggested that Dad could go to a home, but funding would not be available for Mum. If they have to split-up, it will be like having a limb cut off for them. They just won’t survive without each other.”

“I don’t know how Mum is expected to get by without Dad. He is her eyes and she can barely move about at home without feeling her way around the furniture. They have paid into the system all their lives and its appalling that the Government isn’t prepared to look after them in their twilight years.

“We don’t know how much time either of them has left and it is a very unfeeling society that would expect them to spend it apart. I think a serious review of the care service and how the Government spends our money is needed.”

It’s not right, how can elderly people be treated like this. I have emailed the Prime Minister to protest and if you feel as strongly as I do, please do the same.

Just click on the link and follow the guidelines below:

www.number-10.gov.uk

At the top of the page click on contact, next to Prime Minister and email your message. Thank you.