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Hoops wrote:

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delvey91 wrote:

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The bike was found last night dumped in a hedge down a farm lane in poltimore with next to no damage apart from a smashed ignition and steering lock. Apprently the theif is known locally and is only 15 years old. has a bit of history for it.

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So is the little bastard in for a good kicking to break him out of these habits?

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 Then why has the said thief not been spoken to in a manner not to be misunderstood ?

-- Edited by doug9270 on Friday 28th of December 2012 04:55:25 PM

sparky wrote:

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I have had to add extra security to my lock up as the scumbags tried to get 1 of my bikes recently, if they do manage to get in they will be in for a big shock as i have booby trapped it with 240v

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 It's a very bad state of affairs, and should be totally legal to do the above...... but if you do manage to kill one of the scumbags be ready to be charged for man slaughter.

 

Yep i know but fed up with the theiving scum/smack rats who think they can go round taking somebodys hard earned toys/tools. Don't have much faith in the local police as they are over stretched and to many bloody human rights/paperwork to deal with that the theifs get away with a slap on the wrists . If i was to catch them in the act id beat the c**p out of them and dump them in the middle of dartmoor & to find there own way home. Yes i know i risk prosecution but willing to take my chances.

 

sparky wrote:

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Yep i know but fed up with the theiving scum/smack rats who think they can go round taking somebodys hard earned toys/tools. Don't have much faith in the local police as they are over stretched and to many bloody human rights/paperwork to deal with that the theifs get away with a slap on the wrists . If i was to catch them in the act id beat the c**p out of them and dump them in the middle of dartmoor & to find there own way home. Yes i know i risk prosecution but willing to take my chances.

 

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 I recall a noisy would be theif who was caught in the act, and by the time he had been 'persuaded', (kicked punched dragged), to the police station a few hundred yards away he was in quite a mess. The policeman who took statements took pains to try to make those who had performed the citizens arrest understand the law's stance on using reasonable force to do so before he would even begin to put pen to paper.

Trying to kill someone by electrocution would possibly not fall under the definition of reasonable, although you would definitely be doing the human gene pool a favour.

Further police advice on weapons. If you should choose to keep a weapon by your bed for self defence then be very sure to keep two, just in case your would be thief comes unarmed, so you can reasonably claim self defence.

Can you make it look like whatever you have electrified has happened accidentally?
- loose wire from an over head light which must have fallen and come into contact with your bike.

I went through this mental process where I lived before as some 15 year olds tried to make off with my bike, they were stopped by my neighbour shouting at them and the disk lock that is always on my bike when garaged.

Was the last name yeo by any chance or wellaway two local scumbags, you will find the parents no better either i expect, and wouldnt hold any chance of legal justice with his age.

On a good note at least he has his bike back but will never feel the same

Nige wrote:

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If its the guy I'm thinking of he won't stop untill he's dead like his mate that he was on the back of!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Unless someone was to chop his thumbs off.

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Were those the guys that nicked the Palf's YZ then?