Criminals payback with canal cleanup

Criminals from Wolverhampton have been clearing up the canal along the Bradley Arm of the BCN recently. It seems that there was an internet vote recently on how these criminals should repay society and this was the result.

Unsurprisingly local Tories, in true British political style ever willing to whinge about anything when in opposition, claim it to be a 'gimmick'. Seems to be a perfectly sensible solution to me. It may also encourage these people to consider the canal as a community amenity.