Couple robbed £35k Rolex taken!
Couple robbed £35k Rolex taken!
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W124Bob

Original Poster:

1,863 posts

204 months

Tuesday 10th November 2020
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A couple were robbed of a watch after a restaurant meal by a gang of three with baseball bats. The following day after a tip off a security company sent a team with dogs to a derelict property and held the gang whilst waiting for the police. The police did not attend and the gang left. Manchester Evening News link https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ . Clearly the wrong crime was reported, should have popped in for tea and biscuits, Bib would have been round within minutes. Or "who let the dogs out". Of cause given the MEN the whole thing could be rubbish(see link in invalid insurance thread).

Fatball

645 posts

88 months

Tuesday 10th November 2020
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They should put a foi request in to see how many officers were available during the time the call was put in.

Psycho Warren

3,087 posts

142 months

Tuesday 10th November 2020
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assuming its not bullst, surprising the cops couldn't attend the criminals house when the security guards were there. You'd think security guards making a citizens arrest would provide a priority enough situation for the cops considering the risk of violence.

anonymous-user

83 months

Tuesday 10th November 2020
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This story sounds like clickbait to me.

vaud

59,403 posts

184 months

Tuesday 10th November 2020
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Breadvan72 said:
This story sounds like clickbait to me.
Being a watch, surely that should be tickbait?

Tommo87

5,457 posts

142 months

Tuesday 10th November 2020
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Maybe they had some FOTL member filming everyone at the station, because he thought they had nothing better to do?

Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area

7,416 posts

218 months

Tuesday 10th November 2020
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The now former watch owner is forking out £2k per week for private security! I would never have guessed that people would be paying that sort of figure.

Psycho Warren

3,087 posts

142 months

Tuesday 10th November 2020
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Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area said:
The now former watch owner is forking out £2k per week for private security! I would never have guessed that people would be paying that sort of figure.
2k per week I'd want professional mercenaries armed to the teeth to hunt down and "disappear" said criminal scumbags.

SlimJim16v

8,087 posts

172 months

Tuesday 10th November 2020
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It says £2k, but not the period it covers.

anonymous-user

83 months

Tuesday 10th November 2020
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I'd expect the police to attend the scene of a robbery. I'd want to find out why they could attend when the security guards were detaining them, albeit 'matching the description' may reflect how tenuous the information was.

SlimJim16v said:
It says £2k, but not the period it covers.
It does here: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/great...



Soft Top

1,493 posts

247 months

Tuesday 10th November 2020
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My brother had a rather expensive, if not very nice, (read diamonds and gold), Rolex taken quite a few years ago in a violent attack.

Whilst he was in hospital with a fractured skull his friends also found the perpetrators and retrieved the watch. The police were not required to attend but an ambulance might have been wink

mgtony

4,212 posts

219 months

Tuesday 10th November 2020
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vaud said:
Breadvan72 said:
This story sounds like clickbait to me.
Being a watch, surely that should be tickbait?
Citizen awrist. getmecoat

Sebring440

3,207 posts

125 months

Tuesday 10th November 2020
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Soft Top said:
My brother had a rather expensive, if not very nice, (read diamonds and gold), Rolex taken quite a few years ago in a violent attack.

Whilst he was in hospital with a fractured skull his friends also found the perpetrators and retrieved the watch. The police were not required to attend but an ambulance might have been wink



donkmeister

12,868 posts

129 months

Tuesday 10th November 2020
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mgtony said:
vaud said:
Breadvan72 said:
This story sounds like clickbait to me.
Being a watch, surely that should be tickbait?
Citizen awrist. getmecoat
Is there no escapement from these puns?!

mike-v2tmf

888 posts

108 months

Wednesday 11th November 2020
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donkmeister said:
mgtony said:
vaud said:
Breadvan72 said:
This story sounds like clickbait to me.
Being a watch, surely that should be tickbait?
Citizen awrist. getmecoat
Is there no escapement from these puns?!
Its a wind up wink

KAgantua

5,165 posts

160 months

Wednesday 11th November 2020
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mike-v2tmf said:
donkmeister said:
mgtony said:
vaud said:
Breadvan72 said:
This story sounds like clickbait to me.
Being a watch, surely that should be tickbait?
Citizen awrist. getmecoat
Is there no escapement from these puns?!
Its a wind up wink
I think there should be a movement away from these bad puns.

av185

20,464 posts

156 months

Wednesday 11th November 2020
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KAgantua said:
mike-v2tmf said:
donkmeister said:
mgtony said:
vaud said:
Breadvan72 said:
This story sounds like clickbait to me.
Being a watch, surely that should be tickbait?
Citizen awrist. getmecoat
Is there no escapement from these puns?!
Its a wind up wink
I think there should be a movement away from these bad puns.
Give it time.

Olivergt

2,254 posts

110 months

Wednesday 11th November 2020
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av185 said:
KAgantua said:
mike-v2tmf said:
donkmeister said:
mgtony said:
vaud said:
Breadvan72 said:
This story sounds like clickbait to me.
Being a watch, surely that should be tickbait?
Citizen awrist. getmecoat
Is there no escapement from these puns?!
Its a wind up wink
I think there should be a movement away from these bad puns.
Give it time.
Oh, come on, no more second chances...

NGee

2,935 posts

193 months

Wednesday 11th November 2020
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Olivergt said:
av185 said:
KAgantua said:
mike-v2tmf said:
donkmeister said:
mgtony said:
vaud said:
Breadvan72 said:
This story sounds like clickbait to me.
Being a watch, surely that should be tickbait?
Citizen awrist. getmecoat
Is there no escapement from these puns?!
Its a wind up wink
I think there should be a movement away from these bad puns.
Give it time.
Oh, come on, no more second chances...
This is getting ridiculous, like a lot of PH threads, we're just going round and round in circles, wasting a lot of time. I won't be watching this thread anymore, I'm clocking off.

Fatball

645 posts

88 months

Wednesday 11th November 2020
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NGee said:
Olivergt said:
av185 said:
KAgantua said:
mike-v2tmf said:
donkmeister said:
mgtony said:
vaud said:
Breadvan72 said:
This story sounds like clickbait to me.
Being a watch, surely that should be tickbait?
Citizen awrist. getmecoat
Is there no escapement from these puns?!
Its a wind up wink
I think there should be a movement away from these bad puns.
Give it time.
Oh, come on, no more second chances...
This is getting ridiculous, like a lot of PH threads, we're just going round and round in circles, wasting a lot of time. I won't be watching this thread anymore, I'm clocking off.
We could do without anymore complications on this thread.