Paul Blay wrote:
> <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote ...
> > Went up to
> > the detective's office and they used one of those new portable kits
to
> > dust the wallet and the cards etc using aluminium powder etc. They
> > found a few prints but mostly partial ones. The fingerprint
gathering
> > process was actually pretty interesting to watch.
>
> Say what you like about the Japanese law system - I doubt they would
> have bothered with that in the UK.

I've never had any problems with Japanese police or the legal system as
it is. Hopefully that is not solely because I've never had anything
serious happen to me. When I have talked to police they have always
been very professional and competent. Mike always has some interesting
stories to read though.

> There's a place near where I live that stores heavy equipment and has
> several times been robbed (with lots of damage to fences, gates etc.)
> and they were essentially told that as there hadn't been 40,000 or
over
> pounds worth of stuff stolen they wouldn't proceed against the
thieves,
> even though there had were security cam shots of the people involved
> and they had a pretty good idea who they were.

Pretty pathetic effort. Does the place have a bunch of dobermans
running around at night these days?