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Post by jade on Mar 29, 2010 14:58:30 GMT
Apparently police in the UK are so bored and fed up with bug'rall to do that they have taken to breaking into people's homes just for the fun of it! I kid you not. They go round looking for people who have left their homes "vulnerable", break in, have a bit of a look round, mess stuff up a bit to show what that feels like, gather up any valuables and put them in a "swag bag" with a letter telling the hapless homeowner tha t they have broken in, had a look round, found the valuables and put them in a swag bag. Also they tell them how to protect their home in the future. Locks, dogs, guns and suchlike, I assume Sometimes they do this whilst they can hear the homeowners upstairs!!!!!!! Its a miracle none of them were attacked, really. Dear god why are they not out there catching speeding motorists and drivers using their mobiles?!? Linketydink - careful, its the Mail!If they are that bored I could find them something to do. Bob a job, if that weren't too poor a pun.
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Post by Synonym on Mar 29, 2010 18:19:53 GMT
If the reporting is accurate then this is rather outrageous. What possible leg will they have to stand on if a home-owner decides to prosecute. While we're on the subject of poor puns...um...trying to think up some variation on someone making a mistake when the home-owner asked them to send them the bill while they were out...no can't think of one.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2010 21:06:24 GMT
I'm not sure that the home owner could prosecute, could they? If the police aren't actually stealing anything, no crime has been committed by just walking in. The householder could claim damages for trespass....but what damage has been caused?
It would be fun if they did this in Jumbo land.....any guesses as to the outcome?
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Post by jade on Mar 30, 2010 7:47:22 GMT
I would be tempted to decide that the invasion of my property was so very severe that I had to move house. as many victims of home invasion do.
And I would get the rozzers to pay for all of it. Every last legal bill, every Home Information Pack, the hotel I and my extended family need to stay in (they were all coming over anyway (honest guv) to visit me just after it happened) and the spa days to get over the stress of it, and the relaxation therapy I need in order to re-instill my faith in authority
I might need some time off work to get over it too. A holiday might help.
You know it makes sense
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2010 9:18:06 GMT
;D
It makes a lot more sense than the bullet alternative, which merely leaves you with carpet cleaning expenses!
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Post by Big Lin on Mar 30, 2010 14:10:22 GMT
Now you know why one of the nicknames for coppers in London is 'the filth.'
It's absolutely pathetic - if these clowns have got so much spare time on their hands why don't they go out and try to arrest a few REAL criminals?
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Apr 6, 2010 15:16:35 GMT
I'm not sure that the home owner could prosecute, could they? If the police aren't actually stealing anything, no crime has been committed by just walking in. The householder could claim damages for trespass....but what damage has been caused? It would be fun if they did this in Jumbo land.....any guesses as to the outcome? A warm gun and some very dead house breakers. ;D AH
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Post by fretslider on Apr 9, 2010 18:06:24 GMT
Now you know why one of the nicknames for coppers in London is 'the filth.' It's absolutely pathetic - if these clowns have got so much spare time on their hands why don't they go out and try to arrest a few REAL criminals? Indeed, the filth have been observed putting booty into their cars when attending shop break-ins. Remember the old campaign.... If you're going away tell the Police and they'll keep an eye on your property for you. What that actually meant was they would tell their criminal friends when and where to burgle.
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