This picture shows a 73 year-old lady called Sylvia Hardy.
Last year her local property tax was £683 (about $1200), for a retiree living alone.
Her pension rose by 1.7% this year, so she paid tax of 2004 levels plus 1.7%.
This left £53.71 outstanding, and the local authorities took her to court to get it.
The judge awarded them £53.71 plus £10 costs.
Sylvia refused to pay.
They gave her 56 days to pay(a threat), and a suspended sentence of 7 days in prison.
Today she went to prison.
The imprisonment will cost the state an estimated £700($1300), which means she will be destroying a whole year's worth of expropriated income.
If a young, able-bodied 'youth' beat her up for the fifty quid, he would not go to prison.
He would receive an ASBO (anti-social behaviour order) telling him to stay out of her street.
I mean, come on. What the fuck do these crooks take us for?
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