Another ANPR success
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Not wishing to make light of the underlying situation (I know we all hope the witness got the wrong end of the stick) but these extracts struck me as being somewhat barmy:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/sout
It was reported on Sky News that the car was spotted on the bridge by an ANPR camera......
Even though it was spotted by an ANPR camera.......so what good are they?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/sout
article said:
The car - registration N729 FOO - had been seen in London a day earlier and headed back to England on Wednesday.
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Late on Wednesday it crossed the old Severn Bridge into England, heading towards the M4 motorway.
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Late on Wednesday it crossed the old Severn Bridge into England, heading towards the M4 motorway.
It was reported on Sky News that the car was spotted on the bridge by an ANPR camera......
article said:
They have also confirmed that the licence number it is reported to display is not registered to anyone.
Even though it was spotted by an ANPR camera.......so what good are they?
Not wanting to make light of a potentially serious situation, I don't think it is all that unusual for a sleepy child to be put in the back of an estate car at night.
As a child this often was done to me. That way my parents took advantage of quieter roads as the kids slept in the back of the car on long journeys. We didn't mind one bit. Nowadays my brother adopts the same tactic with his kids. What is the problem with that?
As a child this often was done to me. That way my parents took advantage of quieter roads as the kids slept in the back of the car on long journeys. We didn't mind one bit. Nowadays my brother adopts the same tactic with his kids. What is the problem with that?
leadfootlydon said:
Not wanting to make light of a potentially serious situation, I don't think it is all that unusual for a sleepy child to be put in the back of an estate car at night.
As a child this often was done to me. That way my parents took advantage of quieter roads as the kids slept in the back of the car on long journeys. We didn't mind one bit. Nowadays my brother adopts the same tactic with his kids. What is the problem with that?
As a child this often was done to me. That way my parents took advantage of quieter roads as the kids slept in the back of the car on long journeys. We didn't mind one bit. Nowadays my brother adopts the same tactic with his kids. What is the problem with that?
Yes, I agree with that and it's probably why no child of that age has been reported missing
leadfootlydon said:
Not wanting to make light of a potentially serious situation, I don't think it is all that unusual for a sleepy child to be put in the back of an estate car at night.
As a child this often was done to me. That way my parents took advantage of quieter roads as the kids slept in the back of the car on long journeys. We didn't mind one bit. Nowadays my brother adopts the same tactic with his kids. What is the problem with that?
As a child this often was done to me. That way my parents took advantage of quieter roads as the kids slept in the back of the car on long journeys. We didn't mind one bit. Nowadays my brother adopts the same tactic with his kids. What is the problem with that?
I thought this too - car journeys were always done at night when I was a kid as it meant I was quiet for the whole journey, didn't get bored and the roads were empty (therefore no noise so I didn't wake up). The number of times I've been carried in and out of cars....
And if noone was reported missing, does it not suggest that it was their kid? (However if I've got this wrong then I'm very sorry)
There is something fishy about this story.
Where is the girl from? Did her parents know where she was? What is her relationship with the two men? Why are the men being charged with 'child cruelty' (?) and not 'kidnap'?
Do you ever get the impression some so-called news stories are planted to maintain an air of fear and intimidation among the general population?
Where is the girl from? Did her parents know where she was? What is her relationship with the two men? Why are the men being charged with 'child cruelty' (?) and not 'kidnap'?
Do you ever get the impression some so-called news stories are planted to maintain an air of fear and intimidation among the general population?
You're right, something really doesn't add up here. These men must know the girl somehow, seems a bit far fetched that two Londoners would drive all the way to Swansea, kidnap a girl they don't know and then drive all the way back. The story also specifically says "The girl has been returned to her family", suggesting that she had been kidnapped, yet the charge is child cruelty. So exactly who ARE these men?
Edited by Symbolica on Sunday 18th June 14:21
leadfootlydon said:
There is something fishy about this story.
Where is the girl from? Did her parents know where she was? What is her relationship with the two men? Why are the men being charged with 'child cruelty' (?) and not 'kidnap'?
Do you ever get the impression some so-called news stories are planted to maintain an air of fear and intimidation among the general population?
Where is the girl from? Did her parents know where she was? What is her relationship with the two men? Why are the men being charged with 'child cruelty' (?) and not 'kidnap'?
Do you ever get the impression some so-called news stories are planted to maintain an air of fear and intimidation among the general population?
So far nobody has been charged with anything.
littlegreenfairy said:
Really bizarre.
Putting a child in a boot?? Thats odd...
Putting a child in a boot?? Thats odd...
Not a boot. It was an estate car. The rear load area where dogs travel.
littlegreenfairy said:
Really bizarre.
Going all the way to S Wales? That is odd....
Going all the way to S Wales? That is odd....
If that's where your previous partner and children live, then you have to travel to S Wales.
littlegreenfairy said:
Really bizarre.
Do you think we'll hear what happens or this is the last of it?
Do you think we'll hear what happens or this is the last of it?
Hopefully
littlegreenfairy said:
Just one of the reports on the BBC said the kid was being put in the boot..
Just totally odd.
Lets just hope it was all innocent and the kid is ok.
BBC said:
Shoppers at Sainsbury's in Swansea called police on Wednesday saying they saw a girl being put into a car boot.
Just totally odd.
Lets just hope it was all innocent and the kid is ok.
A report I read somewhere said that the police responded to a single member of the public, a lady who saw the child being put in the 'boot' and followed the car for a short distance before calling the police.
Odd that there seems to be a charge of "child cruelty" in the offing - unless the media are totally misconstruing the words of any announcements.
On the other hand it seems that the 'terror raid' in east London may have been based on information given by a 'convicted terrorist' who has known the two bothers involved 'since childhood'. Trouble is he is known to have an IQ of 69.
Now, either the police have formally taken to the habit of reacting - perhaps overreacting - to any information that reaches them about certain types of crime and this a policy guidance decision OR individuals in the force are maybe not so perceptive as they might be OR the inmate with an IQ of 69 is an attempted coverup smoke screen leak to the media and the story of the little girl in the boot can be seen as a diversion. Given the millions of child molesters the popular press would have us all believe are out on the streets along with the billions of selfish speeding motorists and - well, name your own scare story - I have to assume that all stories are entirely true. I'm just not sure what truth they are telling us.
What IS going on in our society?
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