Anyone here had a bike stolen from their shed?
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Can't believe the attitude i've just got asking policemen about this.My bike was stolen from my shed,thieving t
t had lifted several things out of the shed which were in the way to get the bike out.Including parts of a plastic tool box,and a large clear plastic container full of white spirit that was covered with oil from my hands when i was using it a lot last week.I can actually very clearly see finger prints on it,clear as day!Scene of crime officer comes out,doesn't even open her bag of tricks.Just stands there going can't get prints of that,or that,or this?I just stood there in disbelief!Police just say oh,so you don't believe the opinion of a trained professional,well,no i sodding don't!Having a bike stolen is upsetting enough without having nothing done about it!
t had lifted several things out of the shed which were in the way to get the bike out.Including parts of a plastic tool box,and a large clear plastic container full of white spirit that was covered with oil from my hands when i was using it a lot last week.I can actually very clearly see finger prints on it,clear as day!Scene of crime officer comes out,doesn't even open her bag of tricks.Just stands there going can't get prints of that,or that,or this?I just stood there in disbelief!Police just say oh,so you don't believe the opinion of a trained professional,well,no i sodding don't!Having a bike stolen is upsetting enough without having nothing done about it!
and got it back in one piece. 
Complete w@nkers the lot of them...i had to retreive both my bike and car myself without the plod doing naff all to help until a complaint was made.The bike theft was never investigated.
The car theft in particular was shocking, they didnt even do the forensics on it despite the tea leaves leaving behind a mobile phone and all the tools of their trade, the car with phone sat in a their own car pound for nigh on a week with the tea leaves ringing and texting it, it even had a text telling them where they was meeting up.
No faith at all in them now.
The car theft in particular was shocking, they didnt even do the forensics on it despite the tea leaves leaving behind a mobile phone and all the tools of their trade, the car with phone sat in a their own car pound for nigh on a week with the tea leaves ringing and texting it, it even had a text telling them where they was meeting up.
No faith at all in them now.
rumpelstiltskin said:
I would look at the oil covered plastic bottle with the highly visable fingerprints on it and go oh,there's highly visible fingerprints!and take it away.
Seems obvious to a layman...agent006 said:
I presume you're fully aware of the implications of submitting fingerprint evidence from a contaminated surface as court evidence? Which part of which relevent legislation would you use to ensure that youre evidence is admissable?
but I get the feeling this chap knows what he's on about!agent006 said:
I presume you're fully aware of the implications of submitting fingerprint evidence from a contaminated surface as court evidence? Which part of which relevent legislation would you use to ensure that youre evidence is admissable?
It's not about whether there is sufficient evidence to convict just from the fingerprints.Look at fingerprints, match to known crim, go round his house, find bike in bits in his shed, convict on that evidence is a perfectly feasible scenario but won't happen if no initial action is taken. From the above it sounds as though the OP is just frustrated at the apparent lack of effort from the police and I think that I would be too.
The T Boy said:
agent006 said:
I presume you're fully aware of the implications of submitting fingerprint evidence from a contaminated surface as court evidence? Which part of which relevent legislation would you use to ensure that youre evidence is admissable?
It's not about whether there is sufficient evidence to convict just from the fingerprints.Look at fingerprints, match to known crim, go round his house, find bike in bits in his shed, convict on that evidence is a perfectly feasible scenario but won't happen if no initial action is taken. From the above it sounds as though the OP is just frustrated at the apparent lack of effort from the police and I think that I would be too.
I'm not familiar with the operations of scene of crimes officers but you have to admit in 2008, with a clearly visible finger print that surely to god they're able to analyse. If not, then my faith in the bib just nose dived too.
Well managed to get the bike back with no help at all from the police,The polices inaction just spurred me to inundate every single town with posters of the bike,post office sorting offices,postmen,delivery drivers,everyone!Even believe it or not window cleaners!So,how did i get it back?Rough looking guy(turns out he was homeless) talks to me in the street about bik i was washing,2 days later bike gets nicked.Meanwhile im going daft distributing photos to anyone and everyone,by chance gave photo of bike to a window cleaner,(don't know why?)Guy who nicked bike sold it to the cousin of this window cleaner,the cousin is showed the photo of my bike by the window cleaner and hey presto,the cousin who bought bike calls me.Mate he says,i know how gutting it is to have a bike stolen,i think i've just been sold your bike!Guys just taken the hit of buying the bike from this scrote and settled for the reward i gave him for its return.What a weird and wonderful tale! 
People were always telling me oh no,don't spread all these pics saying about rewards etc,you'll drive the bike further underground.But my logic was to try and flush it out with the reward.I feel like one lucky sod!
People were always telling me oh no,don't spread all these pics saying about rewards etc,you'll drive the bike further underground.But my logic was to try and flush it out with the reward.I feel like one lucky sod!When people 'see' fingerprints it is always marks from gloves. Almost all fingerprints are basically invisible. So if the scenes of crime officer stood there and said they couldn't get the prints then they weren't having a laugh - it takes a short time to do and as they had already gone to your address it isn't in their interest to not lift any. Glad you got your bike back but you shouldn't assume you know everything.
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