Some good news nephews bike recovered

[jerry]

My nephews Honda CBR 125 has been recovered in Brighton, only one mirror and the locks need replacing £100 but the sting is the £150 recovery fee from the old Bill pound.They should make the Theif pay all that. he will be able to resume work and should be on course to do his test in November Now.

[Scootaboy]

excellent news there!!

my first bike (1967 lambretta) was unfortunately burnt out over the local park, had to push it home with melted tyres etc...:(

[slob]

...1967 Lambretta...

That sucks! they must be getting pretty rare now.

[Diego]

good news. best of luck for the test.

[He11cat]

totally agree why the hell should the victim pay!!!.....

makes me very very angry..... its not right.... the thief gets a minor ticking off ... we get to sort out all the crap and repairs and paperwork .. and £150 for the return of our bikes!! thats a fair society isn't it.
Cut the little ba**stards hand off I say... we are to wussey here!!

[uksurfer]

£150 to get your bike back? Poor lads been robbed twice
Good luck

[NewMon]

You have to pay to recover your stolen bike from the Police pound! That just can't be right. At the very least, plod should add the cost to the fine if they ever nick the barsteward that nicked it in the first place. I am getting more despondent about the police and their ways every time I hear something like this. It sounds like something that might happen in a 'corrupt' country. Oh wait...

[Scootaboy]

...1967 Lambretta...

That sucks! they must be getting pretty rare now.

Expensive more like. A top of the range 64 lammy gt or sx 200 from early/mid 60's wouldnt go for much more than 2 grand fully restored from a dealer 10 years back....now it can be anything from 6 to 10 grand...truely staggering. Italys been pretty much cleaned out of the good stuff and floods of born agains have come into the scene with their credit cards and no sense :)

and back to the thread, couldn't agree more about the recovery fee, talk about insult to injury, although I suppose they expect insurance to pay up, which won't happen in this case

[BluprintZ]

...1967 Lambretta...

That sucks! they must be getting pretty rare now.

Errr, i've had a 1954 Lambretta LD150, for the last 36 years: 13104 same age as me.

Nice one Jerry, bummer having to pay to get the bike back though mate.
Things aren't likely to get better are they?
I think i would be following the Ned down some quite place and giving him a good slapping, certainly get my moneys worth, thievin' little scrote!!

G : )

[jerry]

The police wont tell who the thief is as his rights are protected.So u cant get revenge and we know the courts will be lenient and probably give him a ticking off.ITS ALL WRONG!

[BluprintZ]

If you were to turn up at court when the knob is up, then you would know who he was!
If you then gave him a good hiding, you would then be arrested for assault...although in some instances, it could well be worth getting fed`n watered for a month or two.

G ; )

[jerry]

If you were to turn up at court when the knob is up, then you would know who he was!
If you then gave him a good hiding, you would then be arrested for assault...although in some instances, it could well be worth getting fed`n watered for a month or two.

G ; )
its no problem if you are smart about it.Patient wait your moment ..you can always get revenge if yoy really want to problem is that you may never find out when the scroat goes to court.

[Capo]

A letter in my local rag.
Home owner caught a youth climbing over his backyard fence, grabbed him and his wife called the police, pushed the youth to the floor and sat on him, two more youths then came over the fence and set about him. Police arrived and informed the occupant that if he made a complaint, he would also be charged with assault.

[BluprintZ]

That's a joke, although not really unexpected in these nannying times.
A couple of years ago, the cottage next to mine became available for rental, so i managed to get it for my youngest daughter.
Me and a mate were decorating it before she moved in and as the cottage is next door to mine, we would occasionally go into my place for a brew for five minutes.
One day, we had gone to my place after spending a few hours next door, for a cuppa.
Upon returning, we found a lad sat on the settee, late 20's, drinking a can of beer!
I asked him what the feck he thought he was doing, he replied that his mate used to live here and his mate had said he could stay for the odd night, because the house was empty.
I told him that the house was being decorated for the new tenant and that he should sling his hook, pronto.
With that, he said he was staying for the night and if i started any trouble, he would phone his dad (who he said was the main-man in Caernarfon) and he and his mates would sort me out.
Wrong move buddy, i saw red and dragged him off the settee, and in the heat of the moment, his head hit the surround on the vestibule, by the inside door.
I'll not go into detail what happened next, although i doubt that he will wander into anyone else's home, let's just say he had an "accident in the home" episode!
Should i have phoned the police when i originally found him?, possibly but i doubt if he would have learned his lesson in quite the same way as i taught him.

G : )

[He11cat]

I prefer the notion that if someone is caught in your home you could shoot their kneecaps.
not kill but protect your home people in it and property harm them enough to stop escape.

life or death moment ..then I think you should be able to fire a shot to kill...its them or you...your family and your going to protect them.

I can't believe we are not allowed to defend our home and the people and things in it..
may as well say there you are mate... there's a nice bit a cash in that cupboard and have my bank cards..oh why your here fancy a brew!!

Englishman's home is his castle ...not now... can't even defend it..I quite like the idea of a few pots of boiling tar on my roof..

[jerry]

Here in Thailand my wife has a pistol and i have a Taser nest to the bed and a Machete , never had a chance to use them on any burglers yet ,, a Thai friend shot his brother dead when the brother came round to steal all his money the friend was once a poor Thai farmer who workeed very hard a made Millions ,his brother was a feckless ,lazy drunk who thought that coming round to his brother and robbing him and probably killing him he being the brother would inherit the Millions. he killed the maid and an old lady neighbour , my friend grabbed his shotgun and blew his brothers head off .....police said it was OK no problem.

I was attacked here once up country when some car hijackers tried to steal my wife gold jewelry but hit one of the bandits with a hammer stabbed him with his own knife the others backed off after firing 2 shots at me , the police were happy to put the guy away for 6 years the other were caught too and got 8 years .They said i was stupid ,crazy farang for going up against guys with guns but when I get angry i just dont care if i live or die.

[Gilps]

I can't believe we are not allowed to defend our home and the people and things in it..

You are allowed. The law states "A defendant is entitled to use reasonable force to protect himself, others for whom he is responsible and his property. It must be reasonable."

The problem comes with what is reasonable. Judging by some comments here, reasonable force could be exceeded. There's a difference between self defence and self administered justice.

Personally I think the law of self defence sucks. My belief is that if someone violates your basic right to live without being assaulted or have your possessions stolen or damaged, then it's all bets off.

[He11cat]

reasonable force ... its a tough call ....

bugger no boiling tar pots for me then......

my second job was bar work...I had already been grabbed once but last year on the way home late I was grabbed and assaulted .. I could see where the guy was trying to push me to ... and like hell he was gonna... so I squared up to him all 5ft1 of me... im quite a stocky girl..

he had hold of me and it was not pleasant to say the least.
I wasn't having none of it . basicaly I was sexually assaulted .. at the time I just thought get the hell off me.. it could have been a whole lot worse if he had have pushed me where he wanted and I could see exactly where he was going to try and drag me to,

But I shouted at him and glared at and screamed "get your F**king hands off me and shoved him as he was hurting me.... with that he let go and ran...

my fight adrenalin kicked in lucky for me..... another woman may not have been so feisty .and I would have used any force to get the scumbag off me ... more then reasonable.
I thought afterwards thank god he didn't have a knife...it didnt even cross my mind til someone said.

I got home and my friend rang me I said what had happened .. he was mortified .. and told me to go to the police... he was really great and got my head straight....

police where ok but said the chances of catching the bloke where slim...
She laughed and said you did well... I said well I kickbox ,(was at the time) im a bar maid and I throw out men who get rowdy quite often as they are better with a girl asking them to leave....she said well he really did pick on the wrong woman..but I am soft spoken so I had to really scream at him.

the next few times I locked up alone wasn't good .. I was really jumpy... but my friend said text as soon as you leave and il call you ..so we did that and he chatted to me til I was home.. which helped me until my nerves settled.
work didn't care to much.... well I hope your still able to lock up kind of thing...

but to me .. I was going to use any bloody force I could .. reasonable or not... stuff it..

[jerry]

My version of reasonable is unlikely to be the same as some lefty liberal socialist live on your knees type do gooder idiot who pities the poor criminals more than any victim.

[Gilps]

My version of reasonable is unlikely to be the same as some lefty liberal socialist live on your knees type do gooder idiot who pities the poor criminals more than any victim.

In a criminal case you you would judged by a group of your peers.

[Capo]

In a criminal case you you would judged by a group of your peers.

Unfortunately the type described would probably make up the majority of any jury.