UK Bike Thefts

[grog]

reading today that bike thefts are rampant here at moment. disc lock installed, huge chain thru bike to ground anchor installed. ill keep it that way until theyre caught.

[froudy]

One scrote got arrested for throwing rocks etc at cars from a bridge on the M5 near Bristol.

He was in court last September and received a two year sentence along with his accomplice.It was noticed that he was still posting status's on his Facebook page even though he was in HMP Parc, Bridgend..
Somehow the Bristol Post got to hear about it 

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-teen-jailed-hurling-rocks-1237902

[froudy]

Seems like a member of the public got pissed off with bike thieving scrotes and took the law into his own hands...
He'll probably end up in deep sh*t if he's caught..Personally I think he deserves a medal

http://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/three-teenage-boys-in-hospital-after-being-rammed-off-the-bikes-in-serious-swindon-crash/

[Andre]

So, the family confirmed that at least (!) one of the mopeds was stolen. How do they know? Why did they not intervene themselves?

Certainly the van driver's action did more in reducing crime than many thousands of of police hours.

[froudy]

@Andre
In a lot of cases the parents know exactly what their "little angels" are getting up to and don't give a sh*t...They are as bad as the lowlife pond scum that they have bred....

[Tug]

Let's all go out and buy vans

[Sweaty]

Looking for a reliable used van now 👍

[KiwiCol]

Looking for a reliable used van now 👍

With Roo bars!  We'd say with Bull Bars on this side.

[Tug]

Looking for a reliable used van now 👍

With Roo bars!  We'd say with Bull Bars on this side.

OK we could call them scrote bars   

[ARH]

Much as I agree these scumbags deserve a lesson, and I know that some of the comments here are banter, I can't agree that this sort of action is right.  We are all responsible law abiding (sometimes  ) people... would you feel it right if one of these scrotes died as a consequence of something you did?  I think that would rest heavy on your conscience.....

My view... if they are under 17.... hold the parents responsible!  I'm sure they'd knock 7 bells of shite out of them if that were the case....  over 17 and persistent offenders should be banged up in big boy prison... and they'd get 7 bells of shite knocked out them in a very different way 

[froudy]

My view... if they are under 17.... hold the parents responsible!  I'm sure they'd knock 7 bells of shite out of them if that were the case....

The parents knew that at least one of the mopeds was stolen and being ridden by their "Little angel" 
Having dealt with bike theft and scrotes for nearly 18 months now, I've got NO sympathy whatsoever...Harsh but true.

[Kiwifruit]

Im sure running the scrotes over would haunt you as you sat in the can for a few years. Lets assume you have no other convictions. Yet the scrotes have a record as long as your arm. They have driven you to have a mental snap and now you sit regretting your actions. The system has failed both you and them.
Judges here recently sentenced someone to 9 months home detention, i believe for child abuse. That night he was arrested for breaching his Home D conditions..... he was at the pub celebrating not going to jail !!
Something is very wrong with the courts, the way repeat offenders are allowed to continue commiting crimes and in turn affecting the lives of law abiding people. I can understand what made the bloke run them over. But the price he will pay for his actions cannot have been worth it.
The scrotes need to be made to fear the punishment of being sent to jail. Many here believe our jails and the sentences handed out are just way to cushy to be the deterrent they need to be.

[ARH]

Fully understand the sentiment Froudy, but the current way of managing this is clearly not working.  I'm old enough to remember get a cuff round the lug from the local beat bobby if you knicked apples from the local orchard.... no one can do that anymore.  The current punishments handed down to these little shites are worn like a badge of honour ... make the parents pay for it and maybe they'll pay a bit more attention to what their little Johnny gets up to.  Only downside... too often the parents think the same way! 

[Tug]

I kinda agree with let the law do what the law is supposed to do, but ask yourself this you catch one in your garage/shed wheeling your 14 out ?

[froudy]

The little shits are still at it..The net IS tightening though.
We've got a local group of volunteers going out, looking for and recovering stolen bikes, 23 recovered now and returned to their owners in the last few months!

This is one of the latest bikes to be stolen. Unfortunately the Bristol Post are running articles like this one..The bike is now almost 100% guaranteed to be burned out before we can find and recover it

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-bike-taker-gang-back-1437592