CCTV camera films Poppy can theft
 

A couple have been caught on a CCTV camera apparently stealing a full Poppy Appeal can from a petrol station.

CCTV pictures captured the carefully-planned theft at an Esso garage in the shadow of Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow.



Video here - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8345619.stm




Could people get any lower...wait silly question. :td:

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Hope they catch the theiving barstewards, actually I hope someone recognises them from the cctv pics and pops round their house with a baseball bat.

How did they know it was full?

You can guess where that stolen money is going. Aparently Osama's funds are getting a bit low.

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heh, they fail at life

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name and shame the thieves.

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Could have had just a button in it from all you can tell from that CCTV footage.

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Unfortunately this despicable crime is on the increase. Perhaps longer sentances are required!

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....collection_box

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Last year our local branch of the British Legion lost 6 collecting tins in this manner.

Having been involved in the counting of poppy appeal cash it can be anything from £10 up to £50 per can so when full they represent a lot of money lost to the charity.

Usually though we have a raffle and auction of various donations and the members make it a matter of honour to try and make up for any losses to such thefts..

Sadly though we have lost our HQ to recession needs.The bar did not make sufficient profit so now we have no where to conduct such events.I'm thinking the branch stands little chance of survival now.:(

Never mind there is another branch in the main town centre so I think we will have to put our efforts to supporting them in future years.We are only a mere borough branch and a town with two legion branches was doing very well indeed.

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The footage shows the male moving the tin just before his accomplice joins him - perhaps he did this to assess how full/empty it was and therefore whether it was worth taking the chance.

Anyway the pictures are unusally clear so I can't imagine these *******s will remain unidentified for too long. As for the punishment they'll get, well what's the betting it'll be a slap on the wrist.....

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Can't quite work out if they are going for Dumbest People of the Year, Or Less Honourable People of the year?

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Both!

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I'm saying nothing regarding this thread because I'll go into one of my tirades again. I'll say one thing, find them and jail them. They aren't descendants of anyone from this country so they might think that by lifting one it will be OK.

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What does the colour of their skin have to do with anything? Or do you think that pure-bred British would never commit a crime? :rolleyes:

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Pretty sure there would be British people who would do such a thing as well. :dozey:

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As pointed out by Tony in post #6

And here are some other instances of bar-stewards stealing poppy tins.

Felixstowe
Perth (funnily enough, the only thing brown about this **** is his name)
Grimsby

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In my local Pizza Hut there is a picture of a girl who died at a young age and the collection tin underneath is no longer there because it was stolen TWICE.

Some people have no morals whatsoever and deserve anything bad that comes their way!

****

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Nothing to do with the colour of their skin Norm, it was a comment on how Osama's funds are drying up, I didnt say or imply that they were passing on the stolen monies to some terrorist organisation, you read that into it all by yourself ;)

Now asking if I think that some white lad & lass who can trace their heritage back 10 generations would never do such a despicable thing is implying that I have racial\BNP tendencies :p: which I dont.

Skin colour didnt come into it untill you mentioned it :D

Oh to be PC all the time.

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I'm not doubting that.

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When I worked in a local convenience store, we were always having the damned things nicked, terrible :(

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At the end of the day they are pots of money. and thieves don't have a conscience and they don't discriminate.

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Oh really? So on what did you base this comment:

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2 sentences Norm, one says "you can guess where that stolen money is going" Which implies nothing other than the reader can take a guess where the money is going, followed by a factual sentence that it has been widely reported in the press that the money funding Osama is dwindling quite quickly.

If the reader reads more into that and links 2 sentences then thats the readers interpritation. I didnt mention colour, or imply. I must apolo, say sorr, beg forgi, bow my head in sha, ahhh crap read into it what you will, you read into it, your wrong IMO of course :p:

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You could say any money stolen is going to Osama then. I read that comment as a reference to terrorism and their appearance as middle eastern.

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I think almost anyone reading would read it the way TN and Damien did (I did) - not many people make two random unconnected statements on one line, next to each other (there are, obviously, some exceptions, but al isn't usually one of those posters).

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Another one;

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-...gton%2C_Oxford

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When caught, I suggest taking them to the nearest army base and leaving them there so they can have a chat with some serving soldiers.

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Ohh that's soooo last year! ;)

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I saw an old guy in the street having a go at a (Romanian?) woman in a crowded shopping street. She had a Poppy Appeal tin and was trying to get it filled by passers-by.

Or was it nicked and she was trying for a refill?

The way she ran away from the old guy suggested the latter.

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I was stood at one of the high tables in my local pub last night, two females came through the door dressed in haloween costumes and approached us. The one spoke very politely but with an unmistakable accent, she had an unmarked container with a slot cut in the top. Her accomplice unfolded a scruffy poster with the bottom ripped (looks like it had been ripped from a wall) that was promoting 'Help for Heroes'

She politely explained that they were collecting for soldiers in Afghanistan, I politely replied that I work for a defence company and support the 'Help for Heroes' charity when collections are made at my workplace. She didn't reply and they both slithered out of the door.

One of the barmaids came over and asked what they were in there for, and she passed this on to the landlady. About an hour later when the pub got busy they appeared again, this time the landlady went straight for them. She asked for their ID, and when they didn't produce she told them to leave. Upon return to the bar she confirmed they were known to her and from the local gypsy camp.

Nice to see them doing their bit I suppose:rolleyes: