Dave Thornton

Seven armed carjackers who broke into motorists' homes demanding the keys to their luxury vehicles have been jailed. Full story here ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2587447.stm


Sorry, unsure of how to do the hyperlink.

Barnaby

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2587447.stm

met

good fcking ridance, i go around the areas that all these happened in, can safely say i hope they rot in their cells, i knew kebabs were lethal but didnt realise they could do that much damage though

[Edited by met - 12/18/2002 3:59:13 PM]

scoobynutta555

i love the length of sentences they got, a decent amount of time

[Edited by scoobynutta555 - 12/18/2002 4:05:08 PM]

Charlie_Boy

Unbelievable that they are all of a very young age.

Crush

Excellent! While I think the death sentance would be more appropriate, what they've got seems to be above the usuall poor standards. let's just hope they get beaten sensless on the inside

fusioneer

Good!!

MattOz

Echo the sentiments on the length of the sentences. Let's hope that a number of them decide to hang themselves whilst inside. That would be a real shame

Matt

Dan B

12 years..... You get less for <cough>murder<cough>

banshi

Fine as far as it goes, but why a cushy young offenders institute for an armed 20 year old Far from getting beaten up they'll be basking in their notoriety & terrorising the teenagers.

Then, 19 cars worth £350,000, hardly ram raiders were they. So the thugs at the front end have been convicetd. What about the the sophisticated pseudo businessmen trading these vehicles?

The have probably already been replaced by another bunch of yobs attracted by easy money (:

Alex Creasey

Well better than a slap on the wrist + told not to do it again!

A while ago it was said that they would make an example of the gang (does between 10 - 14 years reflect that?)to deter any other little dears from following in their footsteps. Lets just hope it has some effect!
Well done to the police for a change.

Rasher

Make 'em run point when we go to war with Sadam

Jerome

I think we should give these poor souls a second chance.

Apparently, there are lots of minefields all around the globe. They should be made into a special team of minefield clearance experts. Instead of conventional methods of mine detection, I suggest they use the "stomping around in big boots" method.

Yorkie

Good sentences but will they serve the full sentence ?
LOL at Jerome.

[Edited by Yorkie - 12/18/2002 8:40:31 PM]

Apple

/Quote
Outside the court, Detective Inspector Keith Garnish, said: "The lengthy sentences they receive send out a crystal clear message that gun crime of any type will be met with zero tolerance."
/Unquote

So if they don't have a gun (imitation or not) it's back to slapped wrists verdicts as it's "only" carjacking... [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

At least they've got a reasonable sentence lets see how long they're in for

Many Humbug Returns

Cut the actual time served by 50%, as this is standard unless they misbehave inside.

Then take away time spent on remand waiting for the trial, as this counts towards the sentence.

Then you see they won't be in for any longer that 5 years from today.

Gez

When i heard the sentence i was overjoyed. The night the were on one of their rampages, my scoob was on the road. Luckily as i live on a back road im quite safe. If i did however live approx 60m away they would have seen it as the chap who had his stolen only lives 3 roads away from me. I dont really know him that well but i remember it was a new STI 7 which they took and the police found it trashed. I hope they relly let them have it in prison.

Gez

modular

Hope the get shagged up the back passage every night - followed by a kebab....

Father Jack Hackett

Those are serious sentences, even taking account of the fact that they won't serve the whole thing. Excellent!

Vanker

hopefully they will have their ****`s raped every night by their roomy whilst staying rent free at her majesties pleasure.

ScoobyDooMe

I have to say if someone kicked down my door and stuck a gun up my nose they can have the keys.

My life is worth more than even a brand new STI.

On the other hand however, if I could tell it was a fake gun then I would batter the little ****** and all his mates.

Car crime is out of control in the UK and its about time they got what they deserve.

A few years ago a mate of mine had is cossie stripped, all the colour coded bumpers, wing mirrors, wheels etc etc in broad daylight, the caught the little ****, he was 14, the old bill told my mate that its no point in prosecuting cos he's already got 10 offences outstanding against already - where's is all going to end.

They should do what they do in Singapore if the kid is under the age of prosecution they publicly flog the parents (if they have any) and compensate the victim by selling the parents possessions, house, car etc.

A bit barbaric maybe, but it works, you don't see gangs of kids roaming the streets after dark looking for cars to vandalise.

richuu

All Sierra's should be stripped!

Seriously tho - I'm glad they got what they deserved, but as previously said, someone else is organsing the whole lot and selling the motors - they're the ones that really need sorting!

AudiMan

Nice to see they published the names and addresses, maybe some people should go round to their houses, kick the doors in and terrorize their families.

Popeye P1

'On the other hand however, if I could tell it was a fake gun then I would batter the little ****** and all his mates.'

Nice in theory but these guys aren't messing around.

As for the sentence its a joke. They'll be out in 5 yrs doing the same. Some liberal do-gooder will reduce their sentence.

Personally scum like that need to be taken down the local kebab house and fed 10 Donnas laced with the hottest Chilli(no water). Then moved onto the 'Blue Oyster Bar' and start picking up the one pounds coins on the floor.

Pops-Speaking up for the Scoobyman's rights

met

did any one see the picture of ht fcking ***** in the sun today, what a bunch of losers.

Popeye P1

Only saw the third page. Soz.

darms

iTrader: (5)

Finally!!

Hope they get what they deserve......

"Oh, can you pic up my soap"