Week in week out we carry stories which, we realise, won't please everyone (especially one's about school 'riots'..)
Court cases carry a particular risk. After all, if someone we report on is capable of carrying out a violent crime, there's always half a chance they might hunt us down for a good kicking afterwards.
This rarely happens, but yesterday it did. Was it over a court case? No. A controversial, sensitive topic? Not really.
It was to do with an item featured in our Celebrations page.
I won't go into the full, grotty details here but it resulted in a few hundred quids' worth of damage to our door, a lot of abuse and, in all seriousness, a pretty scary few minutes for our team.
Last night, I was told the offender has been given a caution and will not face prosecution.
I won't tell you what I think of that outcome here but, if someone kicked your door in and threatened your family, would you be happy if they escaped prosecution?
