Thick as thieves?
 

Ever wondered where this phrase originated from? People like this obviously:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/06/master_crim/



:LOL::LOL:

Re: Thick as thieves?
 

Years ago a local likely lad, now deceased, broke into a factory by forcing open a skylight and then dropping into the room below.
He then found the room to be locked, he had nothing with him to open it as he had left his housebreaking implements on the roof and there was nothing in the room to enable him to climb on and get back out of the skylight.
I think he spent the weekend trapped in that room and was nabbed by the cops when the factory opened for business on the Monday. :)

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and another

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070910/...EHVLIC6doDW7oF

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It's just a matter of time before someone 'fingers' this character:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/h...re/6994358.stm


:D:D:D:D:D

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Here's two more (similar) examples from the US:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3497480.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7036098.stm


:D

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They never learn do they??

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7448564.stm

:D

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another interpretation is that he knows not much will happen to him even if he does get caught.

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You really have to wonder if some of these people were the product of a union between a gerbil and the village idiot.:D

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7656870.stm

What a plonker...... :LOL:

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Very aptly put Osem, sending this moron down for seven months does everyone a favour, especially the thief himself.
It says in the report this guy is illiterate and of no fixed abode, if he has the tiniest modicum of sense he'll use this time inside to do himself a favour and learn to read and write, but I'm betting he is too dumb to grab the opportunity.

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Another master-criminal comes a cropper.

http://www.paisleydailyexpress.co.uk...7085-22003412/

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There are more bungling burglars and the like here :D

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If only all crooks were as "public spirited" as this moron eh Derek:)

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Another contender for the thickest thief award:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...er/7683826.stm

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"Police officers discovered him trapped in a chimney breast of a Tesco Express store on Ormskirk Road, Pemberton."

I'd just love to hear his Solicitor's version of events...