THE LONG arm of the law has come down on a group of conker-collecting children. 
When Kiya Jayne and three friends set out to collect conkers they found themselves ordered to stop by police, who confiscated the haul and handed them official stop and search forms. They had collected nearly a whole carrier bag of shiny red conkers from the tree in Littlehampton, West Sussex, when a woman police officer arrived and swiftly brought the fun to an end. The boys’ mums were stunned when their children appeared bearing four slips of paper, explaining that they had been stopped and searched. Mother-of-two Diana Jayne, 41, said she could not believe what had happened to her son. “It was absolutely ridiculous. He’s only seven and I encourage him to go blackberry picking and conker picking. I used to collect conkers when I was little” A spokesman for Sussex Police said they had responded to calls from members of the public. “Officers were assigned to deal with the safety issue of the children playing in the road,” he said. A bag of about 100 conkers were confiscated. Daily Mail 3/10/06.
When Kiya Jayne and three friends set out to collect conkers they found themselves ordered to stop by police, who confiscated the haul and handed them official stop and search forms. They had collected nearly a whole carrier bag of shiny red conkers from the tree in Littlehampton, West Sussex, when a woman police officer arrived and swiftly brought the fun to an end. The boys’ mums were stunned when their children appeared bearing four slips of paper, explaining that they had been stopped and searched. Mother-of-two Diana Jayne, 41, said she could not believe what had happened to her son. “It was absolutely ridiculous. He’s only seven and I encourage him to go blackberry picking and conker picking. I used to collect conkers when I was little” A spokesman for Sussex Police said they had responded to calls from members of the public. “Officers were assigned to deal with the safety issue of the children playing in the road,” he said. A bag of about 100 conkers were confiscated. Daily Mail 3/10/06.
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Yawn. This is an ancient story. I live in Littlehampton. The kids were in the road, at risk from traffic, and damaging trees. The police were quite right to act as they did.
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