Audi S3 Theft 7th June 2012
Audi S3 Theft 7th June 2012
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nigel_bytes

Original Poster:

557 posts

265 months

Sunday 10th June 2012
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Manchester area.
Owners threatened with crowbar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedd...

M3333

2,347 posts

243 months

Sunday 10th June 2012
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42 likes on that video? Sent a chill down my spine, shocking, what the hell is going wrong in my country :-(

R300will

3,799 posts

180 months

Monday 11th June 2012
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I bet the thieving scumbags watched it and clicked to 'like it'

VinceFox

20,566 posts

201 months

Monday 11th June 2012
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Bookmarked.

crazy about cars

4,454 posts

198 months

Monday 11th June 2012
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why dont you lock your front door.....

R300will

3,799 posts

180 months

Monday 11th June 2012
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crazy about cars said:
why dont you lock your front door.....
Well tbh they were in the house at the time so probably assumed burglars weren't that stupid. Really is a st time in the countries history if you have to lock yourselves in your own house to prevent burglaries.

VinceFox

20,566 posts

201 months

Monday 11th June 2012
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R300will said:
crazy about cars said:
why dont you lock your front door.....
Well tbh they were in the house at the time so probably assumed burglars weren't that stupid. Really is a st time in the countries history if you have to lock yourselves in your own house to prevent burglaries.
My front door cant be opened from outside without a key.

blade7

11,311 posts

245 months

Monday 11th June 2012
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When I was selling my house a few years ago the estate agent said viewers thought it was weird I locked the front door after letting them in and told me not to do it. I still lock the front door when I'm home and there's 2 landsharks between the back door and the car keys.

Dibble

13,276 posts

269 months

Monday 11th June 2012
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Two "daft" questions from me (but in my line of work I never assume anything):

  • Has the aggravated burglary/robbery been reported to the local Police?
  • If so, do the Police have the video?
I hope the victim and family are ok.

streaky

19,311 posts

278 months

Monday 11th June 2012
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I liked the initial parking outside, and the consideration shown to the car and gate post in the getaway.

I wonder whether the car was stolen to specification ... from the initial stop and reverse.

Streaky

Durzel

12,999 posts

197 months

Monday 11th June 2012
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Hard to tell but it looked like they forced the inside door, if you look closely it looks like the lock mechanism is broken afterwards. It doesn't seem like that door is deadlocked or anything either.

But yeah, like others my front door doesn't open from the outside without the key, and I don't quite understand why anyone would leave their front door unlocked (if that is the case) even if they're in, especially if you live right on the road.

anonymous-user

83 months

Monday 11th June 2012
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That's pretty high-risk from the burglars and quite unusual. On the plus side I would have thought they would get an ID from that CCTV. Aggravated burglary will get some decent time inside.

oldsoak

5,618 posts

231 months

Monday 11th June 2012
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anonymous said:
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Not really weird. The camera outside is visible (that's why you see the scrotes covering up hiding their faces when approaching the house)...inside the front porch however ....they (the bad guys) don't often expect another camera and can sometimes be identified as their guard drops...

Changedmyname

12,549 posts

210 months

Monday 11th June 2012
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Dibble said:
Two "daft" questions from me (but in my line of work I never assume anything):

  • Has the aggravated burglary/robbery been reported to the local Police?
  • If so, do the Police have the video?
I hope the victim and family are ok.
Surely they must have reported?, I mean who wouldn't?

At least the owners where ok, not hurt.

KrazyIvan

4,341 posts

204 months

Monday 11th June 2012
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At least the owner did the sensible thing, and got them out of the house in the quickest easiest way possible. You can replace a car, but not your family. Hopefully the video is more then enough for the police to identify the scum (didn't exactly look like an opportunistic thief, I'd be surprised if they are not already well known to the police) and lock them up for a good long time

carreauchompeur

18,321 posts

233 months

Monday 11th June 2012
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Scum. Hopefully that Corsa isn't nicked- I wouldn't be surprised- And the cops can put two and two together!

SirSamuelOfBuca

1,353 posts

186 months

Monday 11th June 2012
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Utter scum they deserve a slow and painful death

SirSamuelOfBuca

1,353 posts

186 months

Monday 11th June 2012
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If the courts don't prescribe that then sterilisation would be next on the list.

CraigMST

9,080 posts

194 months

Monday 11th June 2012
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South Manchester I read it was. It was being retweeted all around Twitter last night by various famous people. The family were threatened with a crowbar apparently.
5 years if the thieves are caught?

oldsoak

5,618 posts

231 months

Monday 11th June 2012
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anonymous said:
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Depends on your definition of 'normal' I suppose.
'Normal' in my area is a big unfriendly sounding dog ...or a recording of one.biggrin

In other places where decent home-owners are targeted regularly by the criminal low-life any amount of CCTV coverage could well be considered "normal".