Let’s have penalty points for anti-social behaviour

YOU quote CSO figures that show a 57% rise in public order offences in the past five years (March 19).

There has been plenty of media coverage in the past week regarding drink-fuelled anti-social behaviour — ranging from drunken revelry to rioting to serious assault, all suggesting the graph is still rising.

There’s growing frustration among the majority of peaceful citizens that the minority can apparently engage in persistent anti-social behaviour and petty crime without fear of falling foul of the justice system.