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28 May 2007, 05:40 PM
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In the respect that police advice is to remove all valuables from your car when you leave it unattended, if you'd done that then your gear wouldn't have been stolen
28 May 2007, 05:53 PM
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That's not really practical though is it? The items were removed from view, if they hadn't been in the car, the window would still have been smashed.
28 May 2007, 05:54 PM
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28 May 2007, 05:57 PM
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28 May 2007, 06:03 PM
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While asking a million and one questions may not be a laugh a minute, being dissmissive and giving the impression that I was all but wasting police time was hardly constructive either.
29 May 2007, 01:35 PM
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Well Notts Plod was certainly more switched on than Felix, rather than trying to find ways to avoid sending out SOCO, he was on the phone to me while I was down with the car, asking me to describe what I could see etc. We determined that the extension box that had the cables in must have been handled as that was still in the car but that the cables had been unplugged and taken from it. With it being a plastic case he seems confident that there may be prints on it if they weren't wearing gloves so he's going to get somebody over to check it out.
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29 May 2007, 01:38 PM
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29 May 2007, 02:02 PM
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29 May 2007, 02:13 PM
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If you don't like your mother in law, now is a good time to get her to touch the connector box 
What a ballache
Lets hope the police do get some prints and its someone they know
What a ballache
Lets hope the police do get some prints and its someone they know
29 May 2007, 02:40 PM
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That's a bit harsh!!!
Actually, they're car vandals: let em have it with your walking stick after, too!!!
"They don't like it up em, Captain Mannering"
29 May 2007, 03:19 PM
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I shan't hold my breath, but if they do get some prints then things obviously look that much more favourable, I'll keep you posted
29 May 2007, 06:49 PM
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29 May 2007, 07:11 PM
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The problem you've got is not only do you have to remove the items from the car but also remove any evidence to suggest they were ever there and that includes the marks made by the suction cups. Ultimately, you've got to decide where its safe (ish) to park your car and where its not - a decision you shouldn't have to make but there you go.
29 May 2007, 08:58 PM
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The problem you've got is not only do you have to remove the items from the car but also remove any evidence to suggest they were ever there and that includes the marks made by the suction cups. Ultimately, you've got to decide where its safe (ish) to park your car and where its not - a decision you shouldn't have to make but there you go.
29 May 2007, 10:38 PM
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Then bash them over the head with his zimmer frame!
30 May 2007, 08:21 AM
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Unless your glove box is made of smooth plastic or glass, you won’t get fingerprints off it. You can’t get fingerprints of door handles as you can not lift prints off prints. And if they have smashed the glass, you can’t get fingerprints off that. Glass shatters, so their will be no DNA, if there are no witnesses or suspects, then your only hope will be CCTV
Can you look around the car and see if there is anything that they may have touched that's made of plastic or other shiny materials, CD cases for example
30 May 2007, 05:59 PM
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Well, in future you're going to have to err on the side of caution and take the lot with, which unfortunately is what I have to do.
30 May 2007, 06:11 PM
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06 June 2007, 02:08 PM
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Time to bring this one back to the surface.
Just had a call from Notts auto crime unit. They brought somebody in to custody today who is a heavy drug user and persistant offender. He admited the offence for which he had been caught and asked for a number of other offences to be taken in to account. The police took him to a number of sites round Nottingham where he said the other offences occured and described the vehicles and items stolen at each location. The police were able to tie these up with the crime reports and one of the vehciles was mine.
So fair play to Notts Police, I put my hand up and state "I mis-judged you".
Sadly, no chance of recovering the items or getting any compensation and little chance the magistrates will give him a custodial either
Just had a call from Notts auto crime unit. They brought somebody in to custody today who is a heavy drug user and persistant offender. He admited the offence for which he had been caught and asked for a number of other offences to be taken in to account. The police took him to a number of sites round Nottingham where he said the other offences occured and described the vehicles and items stolen at each location. The police were able to tie these up with the crime reports and one of the vehciles was mine.
So fair play to Notts Police, I put my hand up and state "I mis-judged you".
Sadly, no chance of recovering the items or getting any compensation and little chance the magistrates will give him a custodial either
06 June 2007, 02:27 PM
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06 June 2007, 02:35 PM
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He will probably be sent on his way if he says he is sorry of course, and you will be the big loser Olly. What a state this country has come to, mostly supported by the pc Plonkers and their half baked ideas.
We need some really positive action by the so called protectors of the law, something that the crooks really don't enjoy very much. Hard labour used to work pretty well!
Les
We need some really positive action by the so called protectors of the law, something that the crooks really don't enjoy very much. Hard labour used to work pretty well!
Les
