Charities on Street: False Imprisonment

macy9

I was stopped twice today on O'Connell street by those annoying charity people with clipboards. I assume I fit their profile since I watched as they broke their necks skipping past other pedestrians in order to make a beeline for me.

Anyway, the first guy kept cutting off my path, putting his arms out wide so i couldn't get around (he thought he was hilarious) I was forced to stop and I asked him to move and then I thought...false imprisonment :pac:

Would that amount to it?

seamus

No. If only.

If they actually physically restrained you, you could have them done for assault. In court, the first thing the judge would ask is, "Could you have turned around and walked off?"

nuac

chuggers are a nuisance, but one can always walk on.

If they insist in speaking to you one can always say something like " tell me my son, have you really found Jesus " or something to that effect, and walk on while they are working that out.

dermot_sheehan

You're not confined so it's not false imprisonment.

It is however interfering with your use of the public right of way, so you can get an injunction with the Attorney General's fiat (to sue for public nuisance you must show you've suffered damages above and beyond the rest of the public or get permission of the attorney general)

Whitewater-AGS

If indeed the person kept cutting off your path/blocking then this would be an offence under section 9 of the Public Order Act

dermot_sheehan

Public nuisance is also a crime at common law.

Our man in Havana

Whitewater-AGS wrote: »

If indeed the person kept cutting off your path/blocking then this would be an offence under section 9 of the Public Order Act

Have any chuggers been charged with it?

AfterDusk

I wouldn't call them charities anymore after my experience last week. I was stopped on Westmoreland St. by (what I thought was) a volunteer for Barnardos. But then when she discovered that I'm unemployed she offered me a job - the same as she was doing. They pay the 'volunteers' €9 an hour to stand on the street - if they recruit 5 people, it goes up to €15 an hour, and it goes on like that. So it's quite clear, in the case of Barnardos, the money that people donate doesn't go to the charity!!

Cróga

Steve Hughes on Charities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAGJpISVERg

Whitewater-AGS

Bond-007 wrote: »

Have any chuggers been charged with it?

I've yet to see this charge being applied normally the threat is enough, Once you have a complainant the charge should stand in the district court

efb

Begging isn't illegal anymore, neither is chugging. A polite but firm, "GO AWAY" works for me. There's a reason Im avoiding eye contact you numpty!!!

Whitewater-AGS

efb wrote: »

Begging isn't illegal anymore, neither is chugging. A polite but firm, "GO AWAY" works for me. There's a reason Im avoiding eye contact you numpty!!!

Correct but section 9 POA is a way around this and is great for the type of beggers who attempt to stop people and keep placing themselves infront of your path.

efb

"My train leaves in 21 minutes, It takes 19 minutes to get to the station, I have a 2 minute window, would you like to be thrown through that window? "