Careful what you say in your back yard

I use the very same word when reporting them to the police and did so only a few weeks ago when talking to two police officers about local thefts.
 
I've never heard of the word! I can only guess what it means. You have to question the motive of the people who reported him, were they offended and outraged?

The world has gone mad and we'll have 1984's 'thought police' next.
 
Cartus said:
I've never heard of the word! I can only guess what it means. You have to question the motive of the people who reported him, were they offended and outraged?

The world has gone mad and we'll have 1984's 'thought police' next.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker
The word tinker does not really have a derogatory history although those that use it certainly don't mean it as a complement - that's for sure.
 
Blimey.

The word is used all the time around here to describe a certain group of people.

I'll check with my wife when she gets in but given it's only a tiny village - she may well know him.
 
dinners said:
Blimey.

The word is used all the time around here to describe a certain group of people.

I'll check with my wife when she gets in but given it's only a tiny village - she may well know him.
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Yes she does ;)
 
arclight said:
The word tinker does not really have a derogatory history although those that use it certainly don't mean it as a complement - that's for sure.
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Its something we'd call our kids when they were being funny norty ;)
"You little tinker"


God knows how many times Robin Williams used the word "Tink"
in his Peter Pan film "Hook"
The world has gone crazy after all :(
 
Up here somebody might call you a tink if you were just scruffy or dirty.

It's also a word used for travellers, gypsies, tramps, beggars etc

A Pikey is another commonly used word.
 
I have never heard of the word "tinks", so why did the pikey neighbours report him?
I am amazed that the police actually believed the criminals and then locked the man up overnight. A complete waste of police and court time in my opinion.
 
dinners said:
Up here somebody might call you a tink if you were just scruffy or dirty.

It's also a word used for travellers, gypsies, tramps, beggars etc

A Pikey is another commonly used word.
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Derived from the word 'Turnpike' or Tollgate used by travellers.
 
I am amazed that the police actually believed the criminals and then locked the man up overnight.
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To be fair, if he admitted it in interview, then it's not a matter of belief.
Why (if he actually was) he should have been kept in custody over night though is a mystery.
 
Up here - among many folk - 'tinks' often had/has 2 other words put in front - very very descriptive - sometimes accurate , sometimes not . Not the most friendly of descriptions I'll agree .

It is of course perfectly possible that either the gentleman who spent an uncomfortable night in custody , or his wife, has poor hearing hence the louder speech - deaf people are frequently not aware of how loud their speech is.
 
totally wrong use of the word unless the shed was made out of metal lol

utterly bizarre waste of police time and resources, he should sue for wrongful arrest.

tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-poster.jpg
 
andy700 said:
I have never heard of the word "tinks", so why did the pikey neighbours report him?
I am amazed that the police actually believed the criminals and then locked the man up overnight. A complete waste of police and court time in my opinion.
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in the cells because he was arrested so would have gone to court the next day.
 
Anyone know what the actual charge was. The newspaper article does not appear to specify that.
 
POAH said:
in the cells because he was arrested so would have gone to court the next day.
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isn't a report got to go to the fiscal who bring charges. night in the cells is used to detain violent crims but they are released normally before getting a court date, or not if they are deemed a threat to society then are on remand iirc
 
ST4 said:
isn't a report got to go to the fiscal who bring charges. night in the cells is used to detain violent crims but they are released normally before getting a court date, or not if they are deemed a threat to society then are on remand iirc
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fiscal deals with it in the morning so you could be released from the court cells without going in front of a sheriff.
 
Quicksnapper said:
Just wondering .... Why did it take these people 2 days to work out they were "offended" ....?
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££££'s ? :rolleyes:

Coz as sure as eggs is eggs, he had been found guilty............COMPO! Kerching.
 
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utterly bizarre waste of police time and resources, he should sue for wrongful arrest.
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He can't! He's pleaded guilty, besides, the arrest seems to be perfectly lawful, just pointless.

n the cells because he was arrested so would have gone to court the next day.
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See the bail act, bail is an entitlement, there's only a limited number of reasons why bail can be refused after charge and none of those appear to apply to him. It's common place to bail to appear the following day at Court. So, either this isn't accurately reported, or there's more to it.
 
It seems to have been reported in the Scotsman, the Express and various of the more local papers.

This really does seem to have been OTT
 
And also where it was stated in the Article posted in the OP that
Mr McDonald describes himself as a man of the travelling community.
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- note the words travelling community.
 
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