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Man killed by thieves who stole his car in Manchester
http://news.sky.com/...hester-10847902
S3 stolen in Manchester
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, Apr 23 2017 12:57 PM
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Posted 23 April 2017 - 03:21 PM
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Posted 23 April 2017 - 05:16 PM
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Condolences to the family. Disgusting this can happen in this day and age.
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Posted 23 April 2017 - 05:38 PM
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Absolute scum bags. Shame they didn't wrap his car around a tree and were crippled for life. Hope they catch them. Only about 7 miles away from me.
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Posted 23 April 2017 - 05:40 PM
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I hope it`s the same scroats that tried to steal mine.The police won`t let up now till they find them.
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Posted 23 April 2017 - 05:40 PM
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Truly shocking news that. Actually killed someone for a car, then dump it.
Terrible for the family concerned...
Terrible for the family concerned...
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Posted 23 April 2017 - 06:03 PM
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Something needs doing about this sort of crime, it's happening more and more but the police never seem to make progress with it.
People who I know local to me who've experienced this say the police seem to be very reluctant to actually come out to these instances.
People who I know local to me who've experienced this say the police seem to be very reluctant to actually come out to these instances.
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Posted 23 April 2017 - 06:19 PM
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And I guess the criminal fraternity know this. It's just an open market for them...
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Posted 24 April 2017 - 06:07 AM
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Posted 24 April 2017 - 07:18 AM
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Someone is in custody this morning according to the news.
The only deterrent is fear of being caught, in my opinion, so something needs to be done to target these kinds of crime. They just become more and more bold, until some decent and hardworking citizen ends up paying the ultimate price as we've seen.
The only deterrent is fear of being caught, in my opinion, so something needs to be done to target these kinds of crime. They just become more and more bold, until some decent and hardworking citizen ends up paying the ultimate price as we've seen.
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Posted 24 April 2017 - 05:20 PM
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Posted 25 April 2017 - 06:33 PM
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They only arrested one man though. They need to follow this up and nick the whole gang all the way to the top. I don't know why there seems to be such a eluctance to stamp this sort of crime out. Breaking in to a home while a family is sleeping inside is a terrible crime and one that was bound to end in a death sooner or later as there is nothing worse than not feeling safe in your own home.
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Posted 25 April 2017 - 06:39 PM
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Posted 25 April 2017 - 08:06 PM
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Posted 28 April 2017 - 08:36 PM
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An arrest for murder has now been made......
Man charged after ex-Royal Navy officer Mike Samwell run over with own car
http://news.sky.com/...wn-car-10855008
Man charged after ex-Royal Navy officer Mike Samwell run over with own car
http://news.sky.com/...wn-car-10855008
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Posted 30 April 2017 - 08:47 AM
Main suspect in the dock and remanded before full trial. Shows they can find these people quickly when they want to.
Makes you wonder if this was a lead-based arrest, implying that they only caught them because their family / friends / associates disapprove of killing vs stealing, or if they identified the suspects through throwing more police assets at the situation, implying more could be done with more funding.
I think we are at an interesting stage in society. Most things that people want have come down in price dramatically in real terms (TVs, computers, smart phones) and whilst cars are better value than ever before they are still expensive enough to be worth stealing. When was the last time you heard about someone's TV getting stolen?
The last big crime trend (to my mind) was smartphones, and they pretty much stopped that by building locks into the different phone OSs so that you couldn't just reinstall the software unless the previous owner first unlocked the device. Phone theft diminished radically after that.
If Apple do ever make a car, it will be very interesting to see if they implement any deep security.
Makes you wonder if this was a lead-based arrest, implying that they only caught them because their family / friends / associates disapprove of killing vs stealing, or if they identified the suspects through throwing more police assets at the situation, implying more could be done with more funding.
I think we are at an interesting stage in society. Most things that people want have come down in price dramatically in real terms (TVs, computers, smart phones) and whilst cars are better value than ever before they are still expensive enough to be worth stealing. When was the last time you heard about someone's TV getting stolen?
The last big crime trend (to my mind) was smartphones, and they pretty much stopped that by building locks into the different phone OSs so that you couldn't just reinstall the software unless the previous owner first unlocked the device. Phone theft diminished radically after that.
If Apple do ever make a car, it will be very interesting to see if they implement any deep security.
Edited by dbm, 30 April 2017 - 08:48 AM.
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Posted 30 April 2017 - 09:28 AM
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You'd like to think that fingerprint technology could be of use not too far down the line.
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Posted 30 April 2017 - 10:20 AM
Indeed. You get horror stories of cutting off fingers or people being abducted, of course. I think that is one of the blockers - I hope few people would commit bodily mutilation for a phone, but I fear more would do it for a valuable car.
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Posted 30 April 2017 - 10:27 AM
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Indeed. You get horror stories of cutting off fingers or people being abducted, of course. I think that is one of the blockers - I hope few people would commit bodily mutilation for a phone, but I fear more would do it for a valuable car.
Yeah Retina scan springs to mind....
But then so does the scene from Demolition Man where Simon Phoenix whips out the guys eye with a pen
