Man Banned from Showing any Bare Leg

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

There is no doubt that Mr. Trigger isn't, as we say, "the full shilling". And I agree that he does need psychological help. That he had to pay the court 250 GBP is neither here nor there. The terms of his release back into society are, in my experience as a former LEO, appalling.

Is he banned from all school yards? Apparently not. He is instructed to keep away from the school where he was detained by the police only during specific hours, Monday through Friday.

Is he banned from intruding himself into the presence of children? No, at least not as reported by the SUN.

So, dressed as a school girl or wearing nothing but a lab coat and a smile Mr. Trigger is free to roam public parks, hang out at the mall, or go anywhere else children my be present. Why? Because the courts view Mr. Trigger's right to "dress as he pleases" as more important than the potential for physical or psychological harm he may inflict on children.

I'm all for dressing as one pleases, as long as they don't do it in the street and frighten the horses, or potentially molest children.

Or make themselves a target for violent attack.

I worked the West Hollywood Division of the LA Sheriff's Department for six of my ten years on the force. At least once a week I had to respond to an assault on a cross-dressed person. 90% of the time, aside from their mode of dress, they had done nothing to warrant any sort of attack. But attacked they were.

By failing to place Mr. Trigger in protective custody the courts, in this instance, have placed both him and the children they should protect in greater danger. Thirty days of psychological observation would have provided both Mr. Trigger and the community with the kind of service they deserve. But releasing him back into society, under the most lenient of terms, only shows a callous preference for the court to be perceived as politically correct rather than serving the very real needs of the community.

Will this have a knock-on effect in the kilted community? Possibly, especially for those who, kilted, may take their children to school, or collect them after the end of the school day. If, God forbid, Mr. Trigger's future action in the presence of children escalates to predatory behavior, then concerned - nonthinking - parents will draw no distinction between a man in a kilt and a disturbed individual in a dress.