A thief who stole £40,000 worth of tools from a van in Keynsham has been bombarded with prank phone calls after boasting about his crime on an internet forum.
Jason Griffiths, 25, of Novers Lane, Knowle West, was sent to prison for his part in the theft, which happened on the Burnett Farm business park in October.
The post prompted an angry response from users who quickly traced Griffiths and published his full name, address, mobile phone number, email address, Facebook profile and pictures of his family.
When contacted, Griffiths said he had been putting up with a lot of calls from people, who had been swearing and verbally abusing him.
He said that he had not meant the post to come across as boastful but had been trying to offer van owners security advice to prevent them becoming victims of crime.
Guess vigilantes will send hordes of salespeople with tower-watch patrols for good measure to mend that stupid thief. Think his phone is hot red with -call me back- teleservices.
Good on him giving out security advice.
But yeah … in STW hands, this thread would explode users screens for sure.