“A woman who complained to police after spotting two gay men having sex on a public footpath was told to ‘use a different path in future’.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Birgit Green, 63, was walking along a public footpath at a nature reserve when a section of the wooden bridge’s planking collapsed.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ramblers’ Association v Coventry City Council
Queen’s Bench Division
“A council could order the closure of a footpath under section 129A to G of the Highways Act 1980, as inserted by section 2 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005, only if satisfied that the footpath had facilitated prolonged criminal or antisocial behaviour at the date of the order.”
The Times, 27th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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