How many people here have a criminal conviction?

Multiple instances of public nudity, sometimes on trains, high streets, and other locations (thank you alcohol); creating knock-off, life-size R2-D2's, which are peppered around Kent; the liberation of an inflatable sheep from a Doctor Who convention in the nineties (when very, very drunk), I'm partly responsible for the - entirely accidental, mind you - destruction of multiple priceless photographs; I abandoned a bunch of trucks in the Spanish desert (got a shit-ton of civil fines for that, though); the large eighteenth century building I was in needing millions in repairs is probably partly my fault and there's a bunch of other things I have previously admitted to online.

Then there are the things which nobody (hopefully) has video or photographic evidence of, and I'm remaining quiet on those...

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Pargula_@reddit

They once read a magazine and put it back on the rack without paying.

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FlossieAnn@reddit

No criminal convictions, no speeding tickets, no points on my licence. Did get a parking ticket once!

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more_beans_mrtaggart@reddit

Yep. I decided to open up and tell the truth. Biggest mistake ever. The police took full advantage as it makes their numbers look good. I should have STFU.

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Heavy_Hearing3746@reddit

I did that when I was 15. Had been raised with "honesty is always the best policy" and believed it would be better to tell the truth after having made a foolish mistake. Refused a solicitor on that basis too.

It caused 2 years of hell (for me and my parents) during my teenage years waiting to see if I'd end up in a young offenders institution. Had I just gone "no comment" like the pros, I wouldn't have even been charged.

Good character/upbringing can be a curse in certain situations.

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No_Quality_6874@reddit

Good to see you're both taking responsibility for your actions.....

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Heavy_Hearing3746@reddit

That's exactly what we both did. To a fault.

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No_Quality_6874@reddit

Then stop blaming the police for punishing you for the crimes you committed.

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Heavy_Hearing3746@reddit

You're pretty much everything that's wrong with the UK in a single reddit account. Well done lad.

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No_Quality_6874@reddit

Says the criminal.....

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Heavy_Hearing3746@reddit

It's a spent conviction under the rehabilitation of criminals act 1974 so you're technically wrong (yet again).

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No_Quality_6874@reddit

By the looks of it, the only reason you've dodge any more if moving to another country and even then it seems difficult for you:

-sexist -racist -travel blacklisted -tren sex blast? -constantly being a cunt to people online -and some real delightful thoughts about women, particularly the Japanese.

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Heavy_Hearing3746@reddit

Thanks for studying my profile Norman. You can go back to your endless boring effort-posts about NPC topics now. You don't have what it takes to live at this level.

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EvilTaffyapple@reddit

But if you had just said “no comment”, what are the chances you had learnt from your mistakes, and not gone on to commit more and worse crimes?

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Heavy_Hearing3746@reddit

I've not received so much as a speeding fine in the decades, since so you may have a valid point there.

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VerbingNoun413@reddit

Never talk to the police without a solicitor. Not as a suspect, not as a witness, not if they say hello.

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more_beans_mrtaggart@reddit

Well yeah. My parents were farmers and not that streetwise.

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BiteAccomplished9329@reddit

Importation and distribution of class A when I was 16. I now work a good job in IT and have had security clearance, if you're honest and upfront with your employer before signing the contract it doesn't bar you from getting security clearance and I've not had an issue landing a job because of it. Also travelled the world including Australia and Japan and had no issue getting in (don't declare anything on entry).

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cgknight1@reddit

Maybe ask on Casual UK?

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tmr89@reddit

Are they more criminal than us folks at AskUK?

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cgknight1@reddit

Never been there so no idea.

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PetersMapProject@reddit

I've never had anything, not even 3 points on my license

Of course I've committed various minor offences over the years, I've just never been caught.

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AlexRichmond26@reddit

Oh, no, that's really bad.

3 points are now on offer, I believe £100-ish.

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bizstring@reddit

Do points on your licence count

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theyknewit2@reddit

This smells of bot.

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VerbingNoun413@reddit

The mod team are always on the look out for bots. Please drop us a modmail to teach us your bot sniffing technique.

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ZBD1949@reddit

Yes, I was 17 and stupid. I ended up with a couple of years probation but the thought of a possible jail sentence has kept me straight for the last 50+ years.

One good thing that's come out of it is I'm much more tolerant of teenage stupidity than most of my peers.

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SeaweedClean5087@reddit

Many but all over 30 years ago. Mainly gbh,abb and affray. I’ve never had a job where I’ve had to declare them and by the time I was asked, they were all spent. I couldn’t get a job that required an enhanced check but at my age thstbid very unlikely. I was a bit wild when I was younger. I couldn’t fight my way out of a paper bag now.

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