Warwickshire Police Land Rover Security Warning

[ChrisW]

Copied from uk-lro list:

22/10/2004
Police in South Warwickshire are investigating a series of thefts of Landrovers and warning owners to review the security of their vehicles.

Five Landrovers have been stolen in South Warwickshire in October. Two have been recovered in Northamptonshire and police are seeking further information about a red Vauxhall Cavalier car seen at the scene of one of the thefts.

On October 6 a blue Landrover was stolen at around 13 30 at Park Lane, Lower Shuckburgh. Three men arrived in a red Cavalier, took the Landrover and drove off with it toward Daventry. The Landrover was later recovered in Northampton.

Since then Landrovers have been stolen from isolated locations in Long Itchington, Shipston on Stour, Avon Dassett and, most recently at Packwood Lane, Lapworth on Wednesday October 20. The vehicle stolen from Avon Dassett was recovered by Northamptonshire Police in Brixworth.

Police are also linking the theft of a Ford Transit van in Southam on October 19 to the crime series after the van was found burnt out in Northampton.

Anyone with information is asked to call CRIMESTOPPERS on 0800 555 111.

Police appealed to Landrover owners to review the security of their vehicles and be vigilant to suspicious vehicles or strangers in the area.

http://www.warwickshire.police.uk/newsandappeals/currentappeals/landroversecuritywarning

[Paul]

The local 4x4 dealer who I deal with had 3 Land Rovers stolen
only about 3 weeks ago, They drove them straight through the
10 foot high steel gates, When I last spoke to them they had
not been found.

I don't think it matters how hard you try and secure your motor,
If they want it they will have it and don't seem to care how they
do it.

[Range Rover Blues]

Couple of months ago the neighbours Frontera was broken into, only another guy going to work at 4,00 am disturbed them.  The following week about 4 of us on our street fitted steel posts into the end of our drives.  You can't stop theft but you can make it harder, perhaps the best you can hope for sometimes it that they'l nick someone elses motor if it's easier but you best defence is something that takes time and effort to defeat, if it's noisier then all the better.
Remember that statistically your car is most likely to get nicked from outside your home!

[Wanderer]

As you said make it harder.
Mine has 2 PIR lights mounted under the eaves of the house pointing at the front and rear.
They don't like lights.
Must put a buzzer into the circuit inside the house.

Ed

[LOFTY]

Locally to us, a thief stole a Landy from one farm, drove to the next as he had a new horse box, hitched it up, and drove of quick,
only problem, the farmer didnt want his new horse box nicked, so he had it chained to his steel framed shed, using a tractor towing chain, so 12' later the thief came to a sudden stop.
The thief then tryed to sue the farmer for his neck problems, but this was thrown out of court.

And i hear today, a farmer has shot a repeat thief, and has got away with it, they locked up a limping thief for seven years.

Now my problem is, 12 bore, .22, or the big .270, or as Kenny Everet use to say, "put them all in a field, and bomb the BAST@~$S" :twisted:
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[Wanderer]

On the news tonight the burglar's family are kicking off about it. They think the farmer should have been taken to court.

Personally I'd have given the farmer a medal.

The burglar had stolen shotguns and a crossbow and bolts from the farmer. He returned and stole a rotovator. He returned a third time and got a few ounces of lead.
The judge agreed that the farmer could have expected the burglar to return with his own guns that had previously been stolen from him.

Ed

[muddyweb]

On the news tonight the burglar's family are kicking off about it. They think the farmer should have been taken to court

My heart bleeds.

Shame they didn't show the same sense in Tony Martin's case

[datalas]

pity he didn't use a bigger gun...

the phrase used to be "an Englishman's home is his castle", this now seems to involve public rights of way and access rights on bank holidays :(

[Eeyore]

pity he didn't use a bigger gun...
the phrase used to be "an Englishman's home is his castle"

Yeah, but why does it have to become a fortress?

cheers
Eeyore

[Merlin]

I agree about the bit "put them in a farmers field" but what about using "Quick-lime", leaves much less evidence. :D  :D  :D

[Range Rover Blues]

On the news tonight the burglar's family are kicking off about it. They think the farmer should have been taken to court

My heart bleeds.

Shame they didn't show the same sense in Tony Martin's case

I think the public backlash at Tony Martin's case was part of the reasoning behind this latest judgement, plus in Martin's case he needed to be 'out of circulation' for a while after being threatened.

Personally I think once someone has forced entry into your house when they have no right to be there they forego all rights, leave them at the threshold so to speak.  In one state in the USA you get PAID for shooting burglars, or should that be burglurizers, or burglurizaters?

[datalas]

shooting burglars, or should that be burglurizers, or burglurizaters?

Funny, I can think of several words that apply, and most of them have five letters....

Guess you must have a larger vocabulary than I.

[Bob696]

1) catch burglar in the act
2) Tie up burglar (after knocking out if necassery)
3) Take all money and ID from him
4) Put said offender in boot of car
5) Drive to the middle of no where (at least 30 miles from home)
6) Strip offender naked
7) Inform him you have all his ID and know where he lives if he you ever burgled again
8) Dump him/her (if it is REALLY cold you have the option of leaving him/ her a used dog blanket
9) go home and have a good nights sleep.


It has been done  :twisted:

[hobbit]

1) catch burglar in the act
2) Tie up burglar (after knocking out if necassery)
3) Take all money and ID from him
4) Put said offender in boot of car
5) Drive to the middle of no where (at least 30 miles from home)
6) Strip offender naked
7) Inform him you have all his ID and know where he lives if he you ever burgled again
8) Dump him/her (if it is REALLY cold you have the option of leaving him/ her a used dog blanket
9) go home and have a good nights sleep.


It has been done  :twisted:

You Too   :twisted:  :twisted:  :roll:

Kev

[Lostboy]

I was woken up at 3am one morning by the police - they were letting me know they had just arrested two dfg£$%£'s attempting to steal my Disco. They couldn't get it started due to the immobiliser. Apparently, the police had had 4 complaints of attempted thefts of Discos in the area within 2 hours, so they pulled the addresses of all Disco owners from the computer and started driving around, hence they caught the scum in the act.

Sad thing is the comment from one of the policemen: "Now they'll go to gaol and learn how to get past the immobiliser".

[muddyweb]

Nice to hear about some pro-active policing...   the levels of police staff out here where I live would terrify you... they would be hard pressed to do anything like that.

[Range Rover Blues]

You Know some of the elite armed forces have an interogation technique that might amuse some of us.
Take your 'guest' into the woods, tied up with a sack on his head, but not before he knows what you're driving!
Tie him to the ground and park your 4x4 close to his head.
Quitely remove your spare and line it up with his head.
Rev the engine as you bump the spare against his head or torso (better against naked flesh).
Tell him to spill the beans or become road-kill.

Now i'm not saying go out and do this but if you were dressed like a squadie and swore enough it has been known to work....