motoring facts of life in Ireland

Eleganza

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/daylight-robbery-brazen-thief-rips-off-car-at-hospital-2989315.html

dudara

"Do not leave valuables on display in the car". What else did they expect to happen?

flash1080

motoring facts of life in Dublin

cjmcork

I know a twit that bemoaned the fact that her laptop was robbed from the back seat of her car when it was parked at Stephen's green (the car, not the laptop):D

colm_mcm

The guy probably has hundreds of previous convictions which IMO says more about Ireland.

Inbox

They even accused him of robbing the emergency hammer , how can they prove that?

Eleganza

Inbox wrote: »

They even accused him of robbing the emergency hammer , how can they prove that?

Is the un-named person going to step forward and admit that the hammer he used to commit the damage was his own and seek compensation for defamation?

paddydriver

Inbox wrote: »

They even accused him of robbing the emergency hammer , how can they prove that?

£5 on Amazon... but he would probably need to rob a laptop first in order to get on the Internet, and then use a stolen credit card to buy.... guess thats called a vicious circle.

Saab Ed

Inbox wrote: »

They even accused him of robbing the emergency hammer , how can they prove that?

Because its the Indo, otherwise known as bog roll.

Atlantic Dawn

The tint film on the window appears to have held together the glass slightly, less of a mess.

crossy

flash1080 wrote: »

motoring facts of life in Dublin

Not just Dublin.....
Happened me last year at the Cliffs of Moher. They got nothing from my car though as I hid everything. They were trying to steal the radio it looked like

Chris_Heilong

The Arabs have it right, if you are caught stealing your hand is chopped off. Sounds like a system that would work here.

B00MSTICK

dudara wrote:

"Do not leave valuables on display in the car". What else did they expect to happen?

cjmcork wrote:

I know a twit that bemoaned the fact that her laptop was robbed from the back seat of her car when it was parked at Stephen's green (the car, not the laptop)

Leaving stuff in your car and expecting it to be there when you get back isn't too much to ask really.
It almost sounds like you think the theft was justified... Sorry we're not all used to the scumbaggery that has obviously become common place and somehow acceptable in the big smoke.

Chris_Heilong wrote:

The Arabs have it right, if you are caught stealing your hand is chopped off. Sounds like a system that would work here.

Couple that with American style "set-ups" and we wouldn't be long seeing the rate decline or else a lot more one handed scumbags.

dar83

B00MSTICK wrote: »

Leaving stuff in your car and expecting it to be there when you get back isn't too much to ask really.
It almost sounds like you think the theft was justified... Sorry we're not all used to the scumbaggery that has obviously become common place and somehow acceptable in the big smoke.

Leaving something on display and unattended is an invitation for unwanted attention no matter where you are, it's downright foolish in this day and age.
In a perfect world of course it would be safe and there on your return, but you'd be living in a dream land to expect that in any location.

B00MSTICK

dar83 wrote:

In a perfect world of course it would be safe and there on your return, but you'd be living in a dream land to expect that in any location.

Luckily my dream land appears to exist

Obviously leaving something of value in plain view isn't a good idea, it was really the attitude of the posts.
I think calling someone a twit because they made a mistake/aren't wise to Dublin's ways is a bit harsh.

charlemont

Hope he gets the karma back on him, He seems to be middle aged so there is no hope he will cop on at this stage.

Saab Ed

Saab Ed wrote: »

Because its the Indo, otherwise known as bog roll.

In your opinion of course.

They are well within there rights to make the assumption in this case imo.

weeder

is anything likely to happen to this scummer now that theres photographic evidence of him being a scummer?

VinnyTGM

I doubt anything will happen to him even though there is photographic evidence of him stealing. The Gardai are too busy checking car tax.

Quazzie

Adidas tracksuit. The number one choice of pure scum!

msg11

Amazing that no one stopped him, wouldn't be too hard to pin him down for a while till the Garda showed up. Telling you, all it takes is one person to go over and others will follow.

I also agree, there should be more set ups too drive down this sort of thing. Can't be that hard, two Garda waiting on while they have placed something in the car, wait for it too be robbed.

But wait then again, it's the legal system in Ireland that is letting everyone down. Blame the Garda all you want, even if they where arrested, slap on the wrist from the judge. Flaming joke, no wonder no one gives a rats arse if they are going to get away with it even when caught.