UK Police Name And Shame London Looters On Twitter

Manchester police have taken to Twitter to give the full names, birth dates, partial addresses, crimes, and jail time of the London looters who have been arrested.

As the New York Times reports, the Greater Manchester Police are using their Twitter account (@GMPolice) to publicly shame the perpetrators of crimes during the weekend’s riots.

Take a look at the following three tweets for an example of this swift, Twitter justice:

“Eoin Flanagan (born 01/01/1983), of Carson Road, Burnage, jailed for eight months for stealing clothes”

“Tom Skinkis (born 29/12/1988) of Hulme, Manchester, sentenced for four months for a section 4 public order offence.”

“Shelley

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