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Unhelpful charge

Friday 09 July 1993 23:02 BST
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Police in Faversham, Kent, say a man who refused to help a PC trying to arrest a burglar may be prosecuted under a rarely used common law. Constable Jim Haskell, who suffered chest injuries trying to detain the raider before he escaped, called for the man to help him but he just watched. A file has been sent to the DPP.

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