A man has been warned after he dialled 999 to complain about a prostitute's looks after meeting her. West Midlands Police said they were contacted by the caller who said he "wished to report her for breaching the Sale of Goods Act".
The force said the call was received at about 19:30 BST on Tuesday complaining that the woman was not as attractive as she had claimed. Officers have now sent the man a letter warning him about wasting police time.
West Midlands Police said the man had claimed he met the woman in a hotel car park. "The caller claimed that the woman had made out she was better looking than she actually was and he wished to report her for breaching the Sale of Goods Act," a spokesperson for the force said.
"When he raised this issue with the woman concerned, she allegedly took his car keys, ran away from the car and threw them back at him, prompting him to call police."
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During the call, the man can be heard to say: "I've arranged a meeting with her, but beforehand I've asked her for an honest description, otherwise when I get there I'm not going to use her services.
"Basically she has misdescribed herself, misrepresented herself totally.
"She was angry because she obviously thinks I owe her a living or something.
I'll see that and raise you a law in Texas that makes it legal to shoot and kill a Craigslist escort for not having sex with you (even though the ad doesn't say she would).
Gilbert testified earlier Tuesday that he had found Frago's escort ad on Craigslist and believed sex was included in her $150 fee. But instead, Frago walked around his apartment and after about 20 minutes left, saying she had to give the money to her driver, he said.
That driver, the defense contended, was Frago's pimp and her partner in the theft scheme.
The Texas law that allows people to use deadly force to recover property during a nighttime theft was put in place for “law-abiding” citizens, prosecutors Matt Lovell and Jessica Schulze countered. It's not intended for someone trying to force another person into an illegal act such as prostitution, they argued.
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I'll see that and raise you a law in Texas that makes it legal to shoot and kill a Craigslist escort for not having sex with you (even though the ad doesn't say she would).
And there was no proof that she refused to have sex with him since it would have been his word against hers and she's dead. It's basically a free pass to kill prostitutes in Texas. This make the Florida "stand your ground" law seem reasonable by comparison.
"Hi, cops? My hooker is ugly!"
