http://road.cc/content/news/21090-hammersmith-police-deploy-bait-bikes-catch-thieves
Given the pathetic fines and sentences being handed out, a great idea seems to be being wrecked. I wish Bristol would get even this far though!
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Fishing for bike thieves in Hammersmith - a sucessful initiative ?
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Posted 1 year ago #
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i saw lop off a testicle every time they are caught stealing or handling a stolen bike
a fine is pointless as i suspect they will just nick more bikes to pay for it
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i saw lop off a testicle every time they are caught stealing or handling a stolen bike
would certainly encourage women into doing it as opposed to other crimes.
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'Typically, the thieves are teenagers, who sell the bikes on to handlers for just £20 or £30 each, well below their true value'.
'Two men, both Ukrainian nationals, admitted that they regularly took bikes that had been stolen in London to their native country, but they escaped with a caution'.
It's gutting to know that the scrotes who steal our pride and joys do it for £20. And with the non existent 'penalties' the crooks receive, little is going to change.
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only a caution, bet they are quaking in their boots
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Bike theft makes people have to buy new bikes, and take out insurance, who's premiums then go up. Meaning more money into the treasury from tax. Which goes towards paying for the police. And guns and bombs and stuff. And MPs duck houses and moats.
So in fact you should actively encourage people to steal your bicycle, because you are in fact supporting the economy and the nation.
Here's a Crime Reference Number.
Posted 1 year ago #
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