my car vandalised
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CoolHands

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21,883 posts

216 months

Monday 23rd July 2012
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Possibly more to the story though. Last week I had returned home after picking my daugher up from nursery, and left my car unlocked (on my driveway) as I had to carry loads of stuff into the house along with my daughter. I left it unlocked cos I still needed to go back out and get her nursery bag.

Anyway as life happens, I didn't go back out, (it wasn't urgent), and 20 mins later purely by chance I glanced out the window & saw some scrote crouched by the side of my car, passenger door open, hands in the glovebox going through my stuff!! (satnav was in there) eekfurious

I legged it outside (in my socks! - no time for shoes) and confronted the motherfker. He fell into the bushes (can't go into any detail). I then ranted at him about nicking peoples stuff and what a low-life he was, is it worth it getting 10 quid for stealing peoples things etc. Anyway my neighbour came out while on the phone to 999 reporting the crime in progress. I was intending on keeping the scummer there until police turned up - he was kind of cornered with me in the way of his escape route. Of course at one point I turned round to say something to the neighbour, and at that point said scrote jumped over the (waist-height) fence and ran off.

Police didn't find him in the area despite description and looking for him etc (turned up quickly). Anyway, one of the things that went through my mind at the time of confrontation was that I considered giving him a good pasting. Seriously. The thing that prevented me and ran through my mind (other than the reasonable force law wavey) was the threat of repercussions to my property, and primarily the fact I have a missus and young daughter. (I'm thinking of those complete cowards that pour petrol through someones letterbox in the middle of the night). So, I didn't and that was that.

Of course missus was worried when she came home about repercussions etc anyway, and I reassured her.

Well, Saturday night someone kicked (or however) my passenger side wingmirror off. It's aluminium inside so not easy to break.

The thing that's annoying is it could just be coincidence, and some general lowlifes that have done it (it was parked on the street this time), or it could be the same scrote came back for 'revenge'. In which case I wish I had pounded his fking lights out.




Dog Star

17,187 posts

189 months

Monday 23rd July 2012
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I doubt it - knocking a mirror off isn't a great deal compared with what someone who was really out for revenge would have done.

StottyZr

6,860 posts

184 months

Monday 23rd July 2012
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Its not a coincidence. I hope you can remember his face, you'll see him in the local area again. When you do report to plod, they'll pick him up, you positively ID him and he'll get a slap on the wrist. For your efforts he'll kick you wing mirror off again yes

podwin

652 posts

223 months

Monday 23rd July 2012
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It probably was him if it was the only car vandalised, but we'll never know.

It was still the best thing not to give him a pasting, even though it doesn't feel like it, because life is unfair and you probably would have been in trouble for it.

Is it a bad area?

Considered CCTV?

CoolHands

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21,883 posts

216 months

Monday 23rd July 2012
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they're going to get me to look at some mug shots. He was about 18 or 19 and didn't seem like a hardened criminal yet, so may not have a record, so probably no mugshot.

ajb85

1,124 posts

163 months

Monday 23rd July 2012
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And to top that, your tax is out next month! B*stard! mad

CoolHands

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21,883 posts

216 months

Monday 23rd July 2012
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podwin said:
Is it a bad area?

Considered CCTV?
area's all right really - just normal stuff you get in any conurbation smile Harrow / Edgware area of NW london.

would quite like cctv as I'm actually quite security conscious, but haven't really got the funds for a decent system at the moment.

essexplumber

7,756 posts

194 months

Monday 23rd July 2012
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This is what really fks me off about our current "respect" culture. You csatch someone on your property about to steal from you, you corner them and have the restraint to not kick the st out of them but somehow your in the wrong and they see revenge as a valid action yikes


Why? They did wrong ffs, I swear that in the minds of these s is a mechanism that makes them think its ok to steal or vandalise and if you don't allow them to do so your the one that's wrong.

I'd have battered him senseless but I really respect you for not doing so.

///Mike

862 posts

228 months

Monday 23rd July 2012
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Kick him in the face with the same force that he applied to kick off your mirror next time you see him.

Of course you can't really do this. You need to report to the plod and watch nothing happen as a result. I have maximum respect for the police in this country but you only have to watch some of the programs on TV where at the end they tell you what happened to the offenders you just spent the last hour watching. Usually nothing as there is not enough evidence.

I REALLY feel for your predicament and hope that you manage to serve some form of justice on the little stbag.

J4CKO

45,382 posts

221 months

Monday 23rd July 2012
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Would have been satisfying to batter him if you have the physical ability but, unless you can leave no visible damage or pass it off as self defence then you lose the moral highground as theft is considered relatively minor compared to physical violence, he may fall and bang his head or have some medical condition and then you are on a murder charge a lot more easily than you would imagine.

There were two scrotes outside our local shop, I parked my expensive bike there and their eyes lit up, they looked cretfallen when I locked it, there was no doubt they were going to take it, there seems to be no boundary for them to cross to take the decision, stealing peoples stuff has already been mentally pre-approved and they are always on the look out, no guilt and no fear, I think a kicking is required but sadly the law is weighted against the victim.

irocfan

45,809 posts

211 months

Monday 23rd July 2012
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J4CKO said:
Would have been satisfying to batter him if you have the physical ability but, unless you can leave no visible damage or pass it off as self defence then you lose the moral highground as theft is considered relatively minor compared to physical violence, he may fall and bang his head or have some medical condition and then you are on a murder charge a lot more easily than you would imagine.

There were two scrotes outside our local shop, I parked my expensive bike there and their eyes lit up, they looked cretfallen when I locked it, there was no doubt they were going to take it, there seems to be no boundary for them to cross to take the decision, stealing peoples stuff has already been mentally pre-approved and they are always on the look out, no guilt and no fear, I think a kicking is required but sadly the law is weighted against the victim.
both paragraphs here QFT!!

podwin

652 posts

223 months

Tuesday 24th July 2012
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essexplumber said:
Why? They did wrong ffs, I swear that in the minds of these s is a mechanism that makes them think its ok to steal or vandalise and if you don't allow them to do so your the one that's wrong.
It's the system as well, and maybe they've learnt from that. I had lead nicked off my roof twice, if I had put razor wire up there or something, and they injured themselves I'd probably get sued or arrested for causing them harm.

The Moose

23,501 posts

230 months

Tuesday 24th July 2012
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"I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you."

That should do it

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boobles

15,251 posts

236 months

Tuesday 24th July 2012
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If I caught somebody damaging my stuff (within reason) reporting ME to the police would be the least of their worries!

Dr G

15,731 posts

263 months

Tuesday 24th July 2012
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I've no idea what it is about the scrotes in that neck of the woods (I'm from Wealdstone) but numerous mirrors and aerials were smashed on my brother's and my cars over the years. Always mindless and with the exception of an aerial nothing stolen. That aerial annoyingly would have unscrewed. They chose to rip it off and warp the roof frown

It's a pain in the arse and I feel for you. At least it's a common car so a secondhand mirror should be easy enough.

Viper

10,005 posts

294 months

Tuesday 24th July 2012
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years ago a mate of mine had his mark2 escort broken into, alarm went off and he looked out of his bedroom window to see two blokes running off his stereo, he put on a pair of trainers, and chased one of them.

in the mean time his girl friend had called the police, who arrived quickly and were on the chase, they caught one guy, and my mate by then had caught the other.

Unluckly for the thief my mate was a PT instructor and boxed for the RAF, so he quite happly dished out a few knuckle sandwich'es. The police pulled up saw what was happening then drove around the block for 5 minutes before coming back to cart the blooded thief away smile

boobles

15,251 posts

236 months

Tuesday 24th July 2012
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The police ignored him beating him up? yikes Sounds like the coppers on duty that night were awsome. biggrin

irocfan

45,809 posts

211 months

Tuesday 24th July 2012
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The Moose said:
"I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you."

That should do it

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quality film that wink

The Moose

23,501 posts

230 months

Tuesday 24th July 2012
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irocfan said:
The Moose said:
"I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you leave my wing mirrors and any other car parts alone now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you."

That should do it

smile
quality film that wink
Just edited it for accuracy smile