Tag: crime
If You Carry A Knife You Are Planning To Kill
In my view, if you leave home carrying a knife, then you are already of the mindset that you may use it.
If you use it, then you must be aware that you are, potentially, going to kill someone.
That is not manslaughter. That is murder.
While Betteridge didn’t take the knife out, he must have accepted it from Hansen, and he did wield it with tragic consequences.
And, again, in my view, Hansen, who supplied the knife, bears equal responsibility and should also be charged with murder.
Neither Betteridge nor Hansen can be unaware of the countrywide incidents involving knives and the subsequent consequences.
Far too many knife related deaths are being reported on TV and in the press.
And yet, Hansen still carried a knife out onto the streets and at some time passed it to Betteridge, who then used it to such devastating effect.
In the early hours of Saturday, August 5th, 2023, the lives of three eighteen year olds were changed forever, along with the lives of their friends and family.
https://app.portsmouth.co.uk/full_page_image/page-11-2029/content.html
Witness appeal after reports of a man indecently exposing himself in Havant
https://members.hampshirealert.co.uk/AlertMessage/ReadMessage/781D8C988ADCEF1D1242B42E0EF2853D
The following has been copied from this alert ….
The man the police are looking for is described as being white and aged 35-45. He was wearing black clothing, including a black hooded top, and a pink facemask.
The man was said to be stood inside an alleyway that connects Riders Lane and Ditcham Crescent, before walking away in the direction of Purbrook Way. The woman was not approached by the man and was not hurt.
If you were in the area and saw a man of this description acting suspiciously, or if you have any information that could help us with our investigation, please contact us on 101 quoting 44240042194, or go online to report via How to tell us about an existing case or report | Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary.
Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111, or visit their website, below.
Independent UK charity taking crime information anonymously | Crimestoppers (crimestoppers-uk.org)
Police Crackdown on Shoplifting
This is good news but I feel it is just the tip of the iceberg. Staff in supermarkets have to deal with shoplifters on a daily basis and in some cases, several times a day.
A police statement said: “Targeting shoplifters is a priority for the district, and we will be relentlessly pursuing those that are violent to staff or are repeat offenders………”
My granddaughter used to work in a local Tesco store where shoplifters were brazen, would frequently front staff, telling them what they were taking and that they, the staff, could do nothing about it. Staff are told not to confront shoplifters due to the danger of assault.
Shoplifters are scum, the lowest of the low. They are a blight on modern society.
Regardless of the UK economy, lack of a job or home, there is no excuse for subjecting shop staff to abuse, threats of, and actual physical violence.
What Will I Be Doing This Evening ?
What are you doing this evening?
I will be doing what I always do every evening. Preparing the evening meal for me and my wife.
This will be followed by our daily wordle challenge. My wife and I compete with each other to see who completes it in the least number of lines. It’s interesting to note that our thought processes are very different. When stuck, my wife will make up words to try, whereas I seem to be resolutely locked into my own limited vocabulary.
Following the wordle brain strain, we will settle down to watch a bit of TV. Our viewing will typically start with “House of Games,” so a bit more mental gymnastics before moving on to a mix of fly on the wall documentaries and crime drama.
In the fly on the wall category we are watching “Top Guns: Inside the RAF” whilst in the crime drama slot, we are currently hurtling towards the end of “Ozark”, which we will probably finish this evening
So, if you don’t mind, I’ll pop off to start the preparation of our evening meal.
Real Men
This is a sentiment that many young people in the UK, and the world over, should be embracing.
Catch These Bastards
We are appealing for witnesses after an 84-year-old man was assaulted and then robbed in his own home by three men in Hazelton Way, Cowplain at around 6pm yesterday, January 13.
It has been reported that one man entered his house by breaking in the back door while he was in his lounge watching television and sleeping.
The man has then tried to confuse the elderly gentleman by telling him to look at the damage and asking for £50.
Two other men then arrive and assault the elderly man, knocking him to the floor, before stealing his wallet.
Man 1 is described as:
White
Aged mid 20s
Short dark wavy hair
5 ft 6 in
Medium build
Clean shaven
Wearing a dark-coloured clothing and footwear
Man 2 is described as:
White
Aged mid 20s
Muscular stocky build
Clean Shaven
Dark curly hair
Local accent
Wearing a black army style jacket and dark trousers and heavy boots
Man 3 is described as:
White
Aged mid 20s
5 ft 8 in
Slight build
Dark hair
Wearing a dark bobble hat
Detective Constable Barry Martin from the Eastern Investigations Team said: “We are appealing to anyone who saw these males in the vicinity of Hazelton Way on Wednesday or anyone who recognises these descriptions.
“This is a despicable crime committed by three men who targeted an elderly man in his home. If anyone has any information about this incident please call 101 and quote 44160019000.”
RMS Number: 44160019000
Random Attack
Someone out there knows this animal.
What A Plonker
Judge Peter Bowers has given the victims of burglars across the country a huge slap in the face with his comments, made during the trial of Richard Rochford.
Judge Bowers told him
It takes a huge amount of courage as far as I can see for someone to burgle somebody’s house. I wouldn’t have the nerve.
How out of touch is this idiot.
Just ask anyone who has returned home or awoken to find their home has been the target of a burglar. Ask them about their feelings. I am sure they will tell you about violation and desecration of their homes. I am pretty sure you will not find anyone to praise the courage of the burglar.
The judge’s job is to oversee and administer the law, to ensure that justice is done. What the victims of crime want is to see that justice is done.
Praising the criminals for their courage does not show justice at work.
Here is what the victims and their families think of Rochford and Judge Bowers
Rochford stole a wallet containing £500 of life savings when he raided the home of retired shipyard worker John Hopper, 73, and wife Vera, 71.
Daughter Sharon Hopper, 40, said: ‘I can’t believe what the judge said. What really took courage was my parents having to continue living in their house after he had invaded their privacy.
Rochford ransacked the home of Mark Clayton, 47, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan and Bosnia. Mr Clayton said the judge made a ‘grave misjudgment’. He added: ‘Picking dead bodies up after they’ve been blown up, to go into that takes courage. Walking into someone’s house on an opportunistic whim and basically devastating someone’s life by taking things that man has worked so hard for all his life, and taking it away without a thought, isn’t courage.’
Judge Bowers has made contradictory statements when passing down sentence on other burglars.
In May, he criticised sentencing guidelines that let first-time burglars escape with a ‘slap across the wrist’.But weeks later, he allowed a man with almost 80 crimes on his record to walk free for a burglary committed four days after his release from prison, telling the court: ‘I must be getting soft in my old age.’
I think he, Judge Bowers, is getting soft in his old age. He has been a judge for over twenty years and I think it is time for him, at the age of 67, to stand down.
He has lost his sense of perspective and he is not serving the British public as they should be served.
Police want to contact girl about Waterlooville attack – Local – Portsmouth News
I’m plagiarising the whole article from the news in order to help spread the word. We don’t need this sort of activity in Waterlooville.
POLICE have released an e-fit image of a teenage girl they want to speak to about an attack on a couple in Waterlooville.
An 18-year-old man was walking with woman through an alleyway from Stakes Hill Road to Purbrook Way when he was sprayed in the face by a teenage boy who was passing by with a teenage girl. Some of the spray also went in the woman’s face.
The girl is white, about 18 and has a boyish pixie haircut with dyed blonde hair. She was on a bicycle.
She also had arched and thin plucked eyebrows and at the time of the incident she had black eyeliner on both eyelids drawn to a point at the outside corners. The offender is white, of medium build with short, dark hair. Det Con Pete Budgen said: ‘This type of assault is thankfully rare. It was a mindless and unprovoked incident. The couple who sprayed the substance may have thought it was a joke, however the consequences could have been more serious.’
Anyone with information can call 101.
Police want to contact girl about Waterlooville attack – Local – Portsmouth News.
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