bigjim
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- Manchester. UK
Is it only me that noticed the other scroat pacing him on the pavement? At one point main scroat turns and check him out, I assume to confirm he was still with him.
Bike thief targets moving car.
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Drago
Legendary Member
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- Suburban Poshshire
We used to get told off in the police for calling them scrotes, a term that Joseph Wambaugh created in his fantastic black comedy novel, The Choirboys.
So we called them sheets instead.
So we called them sheets instead.
NorthernDave
Never used Über Member
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- The real Northern Powerhouse
Good spot - I hadn't noticed him, but I think you could be right.
The thief gets very close to getting that bike off the rack doesn't he? Another few seconds and it would have been gone.
Hopefully with such clear footage it's just a matter of time before he has his collar felt.
Travelling to center parcs soon, will have the car full of luggage as on top of cycling we like to participate in various other sports and often have a ukulele for some evening entertainment so the bikes have to go on the back of the car. I do have a good quality Thule rack which is almost impossible to remove without opening the tailgate and the tailgate is impossible to open with the weight of the bikes on the rack. The frames are secured to the rack using an OnGuard d lock and the wheels protected using a cable lock. If we stop we try to find a space the has a hedgerow at the back of the space and gently reverse the car so that the hedgerow would have to be chopped down before the bikes can even be thought about being nicked. Otherwise the car is left where we can see it at all times or one of us stays with the car.
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Shut Up Legs
Down Under Member
Then she should have said that. A pretty poor choice of words for a trainee solicitor. Perhaps she should reconsider her chosen profession.
jefmcg
Guru
Which "she" are we talking about. "Deliberate" is not in quotes in the article, which says it was the writer's word, not the driver's.
So unless the writer is coincidentally a trainee solicitor, your comment is misplaced. The writer might consider a different profession than journalism, but it's the DM, so I guess she already has.
Drago
Legendary Member
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- Suburban Poshshire
Was the would be thief a trainee solicitor?
Shut Up Legs
Down Under Member
Sorry, I don't understand your meaning. Were you replying to me?
jefmcg
Guru
" A pretty poor choice of words for a trainee solicitor"Sorry, I don't understand your meaning. Were you replying to me?
There is no indication that she chose those words. The word deliberate can from the "reporter" or a sub-editor.
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She said she heard a beep from the car behind. The driver was probably trying to alert her to what was going on?
KnackeredBike
I do my own stunts
Shame the police will do sod all because he didn't actually take it.
Globalti
Legendary Member
Nothing will happen. The bloke will lie low for a few days, grow a beard or whatever and will be out stealing bikes in a few days. To me he looks east-European and I do know that organised gangs are shipping hundreds of stolen bikes out to eastern Europe in containers. A Serb once boasted to me about his pal in Novi Sad who does the distribution.
mustang1
Legendary Member
- Location
- London, UK
That is his job. He just doesn't get commission for it
raleighnut
Legendary Member
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- One of the 'Elite'
That longer clip shows he was pretty determined, nearly had it too. shame the guy behind didn't at least run over the bike he'd dropped.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
You may wish to read up on the Criminal Attempts Act.
That's attempt TFMV, a category of crime which is used by the government to measure a forces performance. If the driver of the car should reported the matter, there is little doubt they will take it seriously, and considering the superb quality of the footage even less doubt that Johnny Lightfingers will be quickly identified.
