Bike Theif Caught...

Tenzor07

Fair play to the tour guide, 'bout time more people stood up to this sort thing...

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diomed

Not enough "resisting arrest" applied.

deandean

FFS looks like the college security guys were happy enough to let him off once he left their grounds :mad:

Tenzor07

Trinners was always known as "The bike shop!"

rab!dmonkey

deandean wrote: »

FFS looks like the college security guys were happy enough to let him off once he left their grounds :mad:

The thief was running further into Trinity. The guards just had to keep him in sight and shout to their comrades posted by whichever exit he might have chosen.

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Tenzor07 wrote: »

Trinners was always known as "The bike shop!"

After looking at a few bikes recently (my son was trying to buy second hand form adverts) and viewing some very obviously stolen bikes in Tallaght I mention it to a work mate from Tallaght and he said the arrive in their droves to Tallaght I.T. to steal bikes.

Bastards.

detones

Tenzor07 wrote: »

Fair play to the tour guide, 'bout time more people stood up to this sort thing...

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Not sure about this to be honest. I know we all just cant sit back and all that but Im not sure its worth the risk tackling some random scobe over a bike, a strangers bike at that. As someone who has had a couple of lucky escapes getting involved in similar situations i've learned if you act in a situation like this it better be worth it. To be fair the guide in this clip just seems to be acting on instinct.

neris

"Poor" bike thiefs probably from a broken troubled home, has an addiction problem and 65 other convictions so some nice leftie liberal bleeding heart judge will let him off and tell him to be a good boy in future. Meanwhile some no win no fee solicitor is telling him to claim compo for assault against the tour guide

ZiabR

neris wrote: »

"Poor" bike thiefs probably from a broken troubled home, has an addiction problem and 65 other convictions so some nice leftie liberal bleeding heart judge will let him off and tell him to be a good boy in future. Meanwhile some no win no fee solicitor is telling him to claim compo for assault against the tour guide

Sounds about right.

Jawgap

Rugby tackle??

If he did that in any match I reffed, it'd be a penalty:)

I'd also question his technique when the thief was on the ground - surely when it's a bike thief the correct position for the knee is on his neck or head!!

Junior

Jawgap wrote: »

Rugby tackle??

If he did that in any match I reffed, it'd be a penalty:)

I'd also question his technique when the thief was on the ground - surely when it's a bike thief the correct position for the knee is on his neck or head!!

I'd agree - high tackle, although he did release and let the second player in go for the ball so ..

There wasn't much really in it was there, Junkie thief seemed to be sauntering away rather than at full sprint.

tomasrojo

Not sure about "leftie" judges uniquely letting bike thieves off. A "rightie" might come to the same decision based on the crime being "trivial".

(I personally don't think bike theft is trivial at all.)

RobertFoster

Not the spectacular flying tackle I was expecting. More of a gentle clothesline.

tomasrojo wrote: »

Not sure about "leftie" judges uniquely letting bike thieves off. A "rightie" might come to the same decision based on the crime being "trivial".

(I personally don't think bike theft is trivial at all.)

I don't think it matters what hand a judge uses to hold their gavel*


*Do Irish judges use gavels? Not used in the UK, and we copied a lot from them...