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Location : Wasted Space Job/hobbies : Cayman Islands Actuary
| Subject: Protest cyclist loses her transport after miserable OZschwitz sheriff rides into town Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:32 pm | |
| IN THE end they came for her bikes. Sue Abbott lost her fight this week against the intransigence of the law when the local sheriff descended upon her property to claim compensation for unpaid fines for riding, as she always does, without a helmet.
Last February, Mrs Abbott, now 52, was cycling in her Hunter Valley home town of Scone, where she was booked by a patrol officer for riding bare-headed.
That led to a fine, which Mrs Abbott fought, and eventually an order to pay $67 into a fund to support victims of crime.
Mrs Abbott refused to pay.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/protest-cyclist-loses-her-transport-after-sheriff-rides-into-town-20120921-26c5k.html#ixzz2797xFB4t
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