Forensics: The Real CSI. BBC2

[FakeTaxi]

Looked like a reasonable crew at the beginning.

If they all fall because that one bloke went to flog a bracelet within 2 hours of the job, he'll be popular.

[Legacywr]

Tonight’s was very interesting.

Proper, serious sentences too.

[wpa1975]

Legacywr said:

Tonight’s was very interesting.

Proper, serious sentences too.

Agreed, however they did not strike me as the brightest criminals.

Popping around the corner not long after, not wearing gloves buying the tape, leaving the tags and orange gloves in his house.

Was incredible to see the cell mast info and it showing them linking up.

Nasty gang.

[Randy Winkman]

Legacywr said:

The fact that he rapped her regardless of the fact that he did it on the site he was working at, shows you how dangerous he is.

Even if you put the utter horribleness of the crime to one side it was a bit worrying. That he had been prosecuted before and did it in a place where being witnessed or leaving evidence was such a possibility shows a complete lack of self control. For a few minutes of whatever he got out of it he is now locked up again for years. Though perhaps the stalking of various women beforehand was also part of the thrill.

[wpa1975]

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-new...

[MOBB]

wpa1975 said:

Agreed, however they did not strike me as the brightest criminals.

They were described as an "organised gang" or whatever, I would say they carried out the crime well, but were very amateurish afterwards.

Go to ground, lay low, and probably learn about ANPR, mobile phone tracking etc lol

[Megaflow]

Legacywr said:

The fact that he rapped her regardless of the fact that he did it on the site he was working at, shows you how dangerous he is.

Utterly stupid as well as dangerous.

At the start of the program when they said stranger rape, and she said he had a condom on, I couldn't seem the catching anyone, but sort of assumed they had because they wouldn't put it on TV without.

Cracking work from the people involved.

[oobster]

The gold heist episode last night was actually quite interesting, I do wonder though how much 'help' these types of programmes are giving to the career criminal but then it seems that it's the stupid mistakes that end up being their downfall.

Hefty sentences for the 5 robbers too. Good.

[LARK F1 GTR]

wpa1975 said:

Agreed, however they did not strike me as the brightest criminals.

Popping around the corner not long after, not wearing gloves buying the tape, leaving the tags and orange gloves in his house.

Was incredible to see the cell mast info and it showing them linking up.

Nasty gang.

Yep, some of them weren't the brightest!

[LARK F1 GTR]

So in this one, they can be out in public with an axe & sledge hammer etc, and get jail time (which is right) But in 24 hours in police custody, a man is waving around a shotgun while there's a brawl in the street, and he gets no jail time.

That doesn't seem right to me.

[FakeTaxi]

Bit different this one. A fire investigation.

[Legacywr]

You could see that outcome coming…

I wonder if the insurance paid out?

[2fast748]

Surely HSE should have taken this up?

[Legacywr]

2fast748 said:

Surely HSE should have taken this up?

If somebody had died, yes. If the business had continued, yes.

But, under these circumstances, dunno, the horse has bolted…

I imagine they inspected other similar companies.

[super7]

Sounded to me like the loss adjuster suggested the burn test practice was a widely used industry standard.

I’d assume the insurance paid out!!

[wpa1975]

super7 said:

Sounded to me like the loss adjuster suggested the burn test practice was a widely used industry standard.

I’d assume the insurance paid out!!

Maybe it was / is industry standard but why do it on the factory floor, surely you do that on a small batch of source material well away in a safe area.

Considering the company folded, did the insurance pay out.

Interesting episode however

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-new...

Edited by wpa1975 on Wednesday 31st May 09:28

[LARK F1 GTR]

It all seemed weird to me! He's doing a burn test right there where it can all go up, and did! It was so sketchy! They only spoke to a manager there and no one above him, and they didn't get the full info on when they're carried out. Maybe they just do them randomly, but it all seemed off to me.

Given that the company went into administration and closed down. I don't think the insurance company paid out.

[Willhire89]

What the two were expected to do on the nightshift is what I never understood - prog said they had eighteen staff which with a split of drivers, processors and office staff suggest to me these two guys were not likely to be going to be actively processing product overnight in which case why did he care what type of plastic it was and was it his responsibility anyway?

In any event 'burn test man' was a simpleton - the old guy was stupidly brave on that forklift

[wpa1975]

Willhire89 said:

What the two were expected to do on the nightshift is what I never understood - prog said they had eighteen staff which with a split of drivers, processors and office staff suggest to me these two guys were not likely to be going to be actively processing product overnight in which case why did he care what type of plastic it was and was it his responsibility anyway?

In any event 'burn test man' was a simpleton - the old guy was stupidly brave on that forklift

I was the same, on a site that big why would you only have 2 people on site, seemed odd.

[fiatpower]

wpa1975 said:

I was the same, on a site that big why would you only have 2 people on site, seemed odd.

I assumed it’s a skeleton crew to keep an eye on the place. Maintain a fire watch (ironic I know) and just clean/tidy for the day shift.