A British police officer has been put on suspension this week for allegedly using song titles while providing evidence to an inquiry surrounding the fatal shooting of barrister Mark Saunders.
The policeman in question gave evidence as Alpha Zulu 8 or AZ8 -- the transcript revealed certain phrases which are also song titles. The extensive list includes "Enough is Enough" by Donna Summer, "Point of No Return" by Buzzcocks, "Faith" by George Michael, "Line of Fire" by Journey, "Quiet Moments" by Chris de Burgh, "Kicking Myself" by As Tall As Lions and "F___ My Old Boots" by the Membranes. And he even got intricate at one point, using the phrase "enough is enough," which was the subtitle to "No More Tears" by Barbra Streisand.
According to the Guardian, his testimony contained lines like:-
"it's the bad guy who pulls the trigger and the good guy always gets there first"
The situation had got past the point of no return,
as I play it back in my mind, which is not something I do all the time,
but in quiet moments I think about it and I feel, is there any other way?
You might be shocked to hear that a trained policeman would be so callous, but I know for a fact that people in call centres bet each other to add song titles, or stupid words when speaking on the phone. The difference here is this was an inquest, into a tragic death.
As Saunders's mother Rosemary said: ''If it's all such a game, was it a game on May 6? If this man can approach the inquest with such an attitude, then it makes you wonder about how he approaches shooting his gun to kill a man.''