Serco Employee Charged With Giving Out Asylum Accommodation Adresses.

[UncannyFanny]

A Serco employee has been charged over the recent unrest in Thetford, Norfolk where groups gathered to protest outside houses believed to be housing undocumented migrants.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly8mpp9r8no

So he has been charged with Misconduct in a Public Office. But held in custody for misconduct? Is this not a step too far? In what other profession would you expect to be held in custody for misconduct, rather than suspended pending an internal investigation? Even in a public office this seems rather unusual?

https://www.cps.gov.uk/prosecution-guidance/misconduct-public-office

Will this be similar to Lucy Connally? Semi matyrdom?

Think they do PIP assessments too.

Im glad this is being taken seriously. He gave people who were citing hatred to kill the arrest of the people
they were citing hatred against.

I agree with blossom about loss of pension too

I'm sure OP would love that. Sadly for her, this man is just a scummy criminal. He's lucky in a sense - if the howling mob in Thetford had killed someone, things would be much worse for him.

It’s entirely relevant. Why are you different?

What a terrible and shitty thing to do. I think his actions resulted in violence held him being held in custody. Is that because he broke a law in disclosing this information or how he accessed it?

Edit: sorry read if he has been charged with an offence then he did break the law and custody seems reasonable.

Not sure the OP will be back, I don't think this thread went the way they were expecting it to!

It is a matter of time until someone gets killed in a vigilante attack and anyone promoting/facilitating such needs the full force of the law. I know there is the popular idea that it is only young men in such accommodation but there are children too.

How would you feel if one of them dies because of the actions of someone like this man, @UncannyFanny ?

Revealing my address wouldn’t land anyone in custody.

Like Rhiannon Whyte you mean?

Sorry to disappoint you. Some of us have lives outside of Mumsnet. Maybe give that a go? 😉

"Are you fucking stupid, blud?"

It's a line from a film, but seems apposite.

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It might if the person revealing it deliberately gave it to people who then staged a protest that required police intervention.

Now that you're back, can you give a reason why the employee might have leaked immigrants addresses that don't involve harassing or intimidating them? If you think this was only a minor leak that should be dealt with internally, you must have believe that there must have been no malice intended. So try to justify why this guy should be dealt with leniently.

Not even when a mob shows up and damages your house? You would be fine with that happening?

It would if the people they gave it to came and set light to your house.

What an appalling abuse of his. I’m glad dangerous people like him are held in custody ahead of trial. The consequences of his actions could have been catastrophic.

It would be if the result was that a mob tried to burn down your house.

I don't think I'd want your life, given it seems to either be one of supporting others who stir up racial tension, or attempting to do it yourself with goady opening posts and zero meaningful follow up. I'm not sure which of those two is worse really.

The OP would be fine with it, as long as the people responsible only got an internal suspension at work of course, wouldn't want it to go any further than that - it would be a step too far!

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The man who committed that murder is in prison. Please do explain how it is related to facilitating vigilantism against numerous completely different people.

Very revealing however, @UncannyFanny

Or, for instance, if you were fleeing an abuser or stalker, and someone in the police gave them your address. Which is a pretty good analogy right there.

But essentially you are saying it's OK to give racist thugs the address of vulnerable asylum seekers so they can go and terrorise those people. Says all we need to know about you, doesn't it?

Lol! Worst come back ever! You start a thread on Mumsnet and then mock the people responding by implying that they have no lives outside Mumsnet unlike you! I'm surprised that you even have time to post on here. Don't you have a rabble to rouse?