Re: Police report pregnant woman to social services
 

Not really, and that wasn't the point I was making. The point I was making is simply that if they have such a slapdash approach to article writing that the headline is misleading, then where else have they been lazy? Are the facts (as presented) true and complete? Have the police apologised to the lady? The Mail hasn't said they have, but with their lax and biased reporting, how do we know the police haven't?

Re: Police report pregnant woman to social services
 

I don't know, but if you call the police or they call on you. talk to them on the doorstep. there's no chance of any misunderstandings then.

they will be suspicious and report the fact that you wouldn't let them in, and probably return whilst you're sleeping by use of the big red key, but that's the risk you have to take :) :D

Re: Police report pregnant woman to social services
 

Since they dropped the requirement to be knowing absolutely everything thats ever happened or is ever going to happen for cops then they have to rely on what they can see at a specific moment.

If the cop was in a house and in her opinion it may cause an issue for the unborn kid then she was duty bound to report it. How was she to know the decorating was half-done? In fact how are we to know it was half-done aside from the word of the woman?

Trust me there are plenty of houses in disgraceful conditions out there, it must have been pretty bad for the cop to take it further.

Still as has been said before, usual Daily Mail "Ooh look at the state interfering" story.
I wonder how they would have reported it if the cop had reported the house lived in by Tracey Connelly and Steven Barker?

Re: Police report pregnant woman to social services
 

To be honest, its a bit of a non-story as far as I can see....

If the police officer had had the wit to ask the lady in question if she was decorating, then it would most likely have been case closed. Over-reaction all round me thinks....

Re: Police report pregnant woman to social services
 

Strange story - she is only 10/12 weeks pregnant (depending which article you read), and in the pictures, doesn't look noticably pregnant (like most women who are 10/12 weeks pregnant).

I wonder how the subject of her pregnancy arose?

Re: Police report pregnant woman to social services
 

That's got me thinking now. does she intentionally have her knee in the way so we can't see if there's a 10/12 week old bump?

Probably arose in conversation between her and the police woman. you know what women are like. always bragging about having a baby or just gossiping about stuff like that for no apparent reason.