[Sirius]

Originally Posted by papa smurf

'Metal thief' fights for his life after blast at electricity sub-station

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1dZeGvIQo


i have no sympathy whatsoever

its rife in the uk i hear stories every day about cable being stolen

Same here.

---------- Post added at 09:22 ---------- Previous post was at 09:19 ----------

Originally Posted by danielf

Spotted this little nugget at the bottom of the BBC article:



Either way: why are we already shooting travellers? I didn't see anything that implicates them in this theft?

Because you will find that it is generally them that carry out this sort of thieving.

You should see the video tapes of them visiting our cable yard at a night. They still come and have a look to see if there is anything in there even when it has been empty for 6 months now