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RJS

Big Little-Guv
I had a phonecall from a mate last night who had just been robbed while he was at home renovating his house. They stole £250 cash from his girlfriends handbag which was given to her by her Gran only hours before, her intention was to take the cash to the bank this morning. He was upstairs plastering his bedroom ceiling while thieves went into the lounge and stole the handbag. Fair enough the door was unlocked but while you are in the house you should feel like the doors don't have to be locked at least until you go to sleep (maybe I am wrong). He lives nearby to the Ford garage next to the drive through mcdonalds, lime ave. He said it was lucky he didn't come down the stairs holding a hammer or something and caught them in the act as he said he reckoned he would of hit them. What would you do if you caught someone in the act of robbing from you?
 

Jheych

Wasps - feel my wrath!
I would have to agree with Tek there would be no quarter and at the very least they would be eating hospital food for a while !.

It's aproblem this business, can't believe the audacity of some folk who actually try peoples doors just to see if anyone is in , rear entry is a favourite as a lot of people leave their back door open during the day . We generally keep ours locked now even if we are at home , comes of some problems with a peeping tom in northcastle street some years back ( long story here's not the place for it )

Do we have a description of these characters ? might help others ? especially if they were local?
 

Wookie

Official Forum Linker
RJS said:
What would you do if you caught someone in the act of robbing from you?
Give cannibalism a try. I'd have to find a butcher first, though...

*** EDIT *** "Giving"->"Give", added butcher
 

MISS T

Forum user & abuser
I'd freeze. This is one of biggest fears, and I always keep my back door looked when I'm home, much to the annoyance of Finbar. I do have 'escape routes' planned for such an event, which due the windows as they are at our home really means I'd barricade us in a bedroom.
 

My Name is URL

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: : : R O B B E D W H I L E A T H O M E : : : Thought that was the name of a new band around Stafford for a minute the way you wrote it....

The reason these type of criminals are so brazen now is because they know that if someone does spot them a) they'd be too scared of repercussions to stop the criminal, b) if you do catch the criminal it'd be hours before the cops turn up if at all and c) in the event they do get caught they'd get a slap on the wrist or a nice bedroom with heating and sky tv courtesy of the taxes of the person who took the risk and tackled them.

What a great country we live in!
 

mickyboy

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gk141054 said:
: : : R O B B E D W H I L E A T H O M E : : : Thought that was the name of a new band around Stafford for a minute the way you wrote it....

The reason these type of criminals are so brazen now is because they know that if someone does spot them a) they'd be too scared of repercussions to stop the criminal, b) if you do catch the criminal it'd be hours before the cops turn up if at all and c) in the event they do get caught they'd get a slap on the wrist or a nice bedroom with heating and sky tv courtesy of the taxes of the person who took the risk and tackled them.

What a great country we live in!
Quite agree with u there, but if you did try and defend your property or self, they would get off with just the slapped wrist and YOU would end up being the one treated as the criminal!.
Aint justice GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

age'd parent

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I'd call an ambulance if the dogs left anything to send to hospital, =D mind you he goes berserk if any one just walks up the path so that puts them off.
 

tek-monkey

wanna see my snake?
You can't get done if they don't survive, as who's gonna say they were in there? My first call would probably be to Ashley at the castle tavern, see if he wanted to buy some 'special stuff' steaks :D
 

Moley

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gk141054 said:
: : : R O B B E D W H I L E A T H O M E : : : Thought that was the name of a new band around Stafford for a minute the way you wrote it....

The reason these type of criminals are so brazen now is because they know that if someone does spot them a) they'd be too scared of repercussions to stop the criminal, b) if you do catch the criminal it'd be hours before the cops turn up if at all and c) in the event they do get caught they'd get a slap on the wrist or a nice bedroom with heating and sky tv courtesy of the taxes of the person who took the risk and tackled them.

What a great country we live in!
Wrong. wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.........................what the hell is wrong with this country? It's breeding a bunch/swarm of low pond life that wear criminal convictions like a badge of honour and attempt to destabilise anything that we work/bust our asses for. These shit bags have no boundaries and no limits and it will only get worse judging by what I see in the schools around Staffordshire that I am spending too much time in at the minute.

Reflect back to when you were a kid.........shit bags tended to be in the minority but even then they had limits. Today they are the majority with no limits. Decent parent(s) out there trying to raise their kids to have some values have a battle on their hands as their children are constantly surrounded by such scrot. Good luck to them
 

Augustus Gloop

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I got into some bother when I was younger and ended up getting collared by the police. Gave the officer a bit of lip and got a clip round the ears for my troubles. Was escorted and home and the office spoke to my folks. After he left I told my old man that he'd hit me and he simply said "Good, perhaps you've learnt your lesson!".

Fast forward to 2007, if that happened to a kid the parents would be on the phone straight away filing a claim.

Getting back to the original question, if someone came into your home what would you do? Well, I have a baseball bat and I'd bloody well use it too. However if someone ended up in my front room it would probably be because I invited them. We're on the top floor of a block of flats and there's a security door at the bottom. Unless you have a 'special' key, know the magic word or slip me £50 you ain't getting in.
 

tek-monkey

wanna see my snake?
Got it in one. We were scared of the police as kids, nowadays nobody is. Apart from people buying cider from tescos..... ;)
 

MISS T

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Whenever Finbar is debating whether he will sit in his car seat/go to school...the list goes on, I always remind him of what the police might say, and it works. My parents did the same with us, and I can only hope those same methods work out as well.
 

Edd209

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on good advice from a sensible man in a uniform i would,
1- beat the living cr#p out of the offending scum.
2- drag them outside and leave them on the public footpath/road.
3- call the police and explain that there is a drunk cuasing a disturbance outside my house.
4- wait for the police to come and remove scumbag.
the end result would be him accusing you of assualt even though you have never seen him before, and do you think he would admit to breaking and entering, your word against his.
 

My Name is URL

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Edd209 said:
on good advice from a sensible man in a uniform i would,
1- beat the living cr#p out of the offending scum.
2- drag them outside and leave them on the public footpath/road.
3- call the police and explain that there is a drunk cuasing a disturbance outside my house.
4- wait for the police to come and remove scumbag.
the end result would be him accusing you of assualt even though you have never seen him before, and do you think he would admit to breaking and entering, your word against his.
Or the alternative for anyone who can't be arsed to drag them outside....

1- beat the living cr#p out of the offending scum.
2- place kitchen kinfe in their hand once they are unconcious
3- call the police and explain that someone broke into your house and came at you with a kinfe.
4- wait for the police to come and remove scumbag.
 

theflamingred

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Hmm - if someone were robbing from me... I have a couple of battle plans (some more serious than others).

1. I'd set the hamster on em. I have a particularly grumpy bitey hamster...

2. ... if Vlad fails then it would have to be the nearest hardest and heavy objects round the bonce!

3. Have been known to sneak downstairs at night to investigate odd noises armed with Edd209's cricket bat.

4. Can of aerosol deodourant and a lighter - home made flame thrower (though probably a really bad idea if robber is hiding behind curtains).

5. Scream loudly so that a. Edd209 comes to the rescue and decks em, b. next door neighbour (very large chap) comes to the rescue and decks em.

Anyone ever accidentally suspected their live in loved ones to be a burglar and clobbered them? That would make for a more light hearted thread!
 

UltraSBM

Not the official 2520th poster!
Ack that sucks...
I'd go the way of the baseball bat irrespective of the consequences.
If the judge then tried to convict me, he'd be next on my list.
 

Biggin

Honourary Staffordian
I feel for your mate. It's not nice when you have to come face to face with someone who wants your stuff. I used to have a pub in Moss Side called the Whitworth and one night I awoke to a shadow of a man climbing up my window. It was a big sash window and the top part had a small window.

My adrenaline was pumping and I crawled out of bed, I could hear him panting and groaning as he struggled to hold on the the ledge, and I reached for a baseball bat. I only had one thin curtain tacked across the window and the security light outside showed a big shadow. When I saw his hand poking through the window and moving the curtain, I lashed out as hard as I could with the bat.

I broke his hand and he fell about 20 ft and when the cops came i was outside with the bat and just a pair of boxers. They didn't even take the bat from me.
The lad was from Stockport and obviously lost, but I felt good afterwards. I had stumbled upon an ex con a week before, walking up the first floor stairs of the pub into my flat but he escaped that time.
 

Astro Boy

Pocket Rocket
RJS said:
What would you do if you caught someone in the act of robbing from you?
Dunno. Never been in this kind of situation. Try to be polite for a start. You know, polite with an undertone of, "if you dont put that back right now this very instance im going to take your head". Have it in the voice, like poison dripping from your tongue.

It would probably escalate from there. Which is scary. Will I cringe and cower or lose it and do damage beyond reason?

We'll have to see.................
 
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