To be caught red handed goes back to the day where the stealing of livestock was rife in England.
It was hard to catch the the and prove who commited such crimes.
Except in the cases when the villan was caught soon after they slaughtered the animal and still with blood on their hands

A story that caught my eye in the local rag about some poor sole who ended up paying a £200 fine for dropping a cigarette end in Queens Square The 'litterbug' as described in the local paper, yea lets kick a person, when they are down and while we're at it, label them with a nasty name. Litter warde...

Hand a couple of tinnies of cold larger and a enormous curry from the raj in northgate superb a mouthwatering tandoori mixed grill Peshawari nan chicken korma and a chicken dansak and sag bajhee boiled rice and salad a feast loads of beer to wash it down then a film we had a good nite put on a few ...