17-02-2005, 07:54
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Caught in the act
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Serial burglar caught on webcam
A house burglar was caught after a webcam on the owner's computer recorded images of him carrying out the raid.
Stills of serial raider Benjamin Park, 19, of Cambridge, were sent to an email address so even when he stole the computer, the images could be found.
Police said it was a "brilliant idea"
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17-02-2005, 08:18
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Re: Caught in the act
Yep, I read about that last night here , it's a shame the sentence recieved was only 11 months though 
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17-02-2005, 08:37
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Originally Posted by yesman
Yep, I read about that last night here , it's a shame the sentence recieved was only 11 months though |
 Should have set the pc to blow up if it was moved and before all you human rights brigade jump in here IT WAS A JOKE 
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17-02-2005, 08:38
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Re: Caught in the act
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Yep, I read about that last night here , it's a shame the sentence recieved was only 11 months though |
Plus he pleaded guilty so he'll probably only serve 6 months at most.
Mind you I suppose we should be thankful that he was actually sent down and not given a light tap on the wrist and sent for councilling
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17-02-2005, 08:48
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Re: Caught in the act
He denied it at first, then the police showed him the footage. He had a change of heart then and admitted it.
The police were being quite smug about it, apparently his face was a picture when he saw the vid.
Least they got him for it.
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17-02-2005, 09:11
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Re: Caught in the act
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17-02-2005, 09:27
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Re: Caught in the act
It states he got 11 months, but it was 6 months for one and 5 months for another job. This is normally a concurrent sentence so he will be out in four months providing heâ₠¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s a good boy inside.
One thing I find strange is that he got a higher sentence of 6 months for the attempted burglary in Ely and only 5 months for Gilmerton Court where he got smudged by the homeownerâ₠¬â„¢s computer.
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17-02-2005, 09:35
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Re: Caught in the act
So, is there a guide anywhere for someone who may want to set up a similar setup ? What type of camera will be needed ?
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17-02-2005, 09:40
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Re: Caught in the act
Well he certainly will have the mick took out of him when he gets out lmao.
I can see it now... secure your house with remote email sending webcams.
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17-02-2005, 09:56
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Re: Caught in the act
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Originally Posted by skyblueheroes
So, is there a guide anywhere for someone who may want to set up a similar setup ? What type of camera will be needed ?
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Most of the cameras have motion detection as standard and the software to send to an email address or web site of your choice.
Iâ₠¬ÃƒÆ’¢â€žÂ¢m thinking about the Linksys wireless camera that was £300.00 but is now down to £130.00 or less.
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17-02-2005, 10:10
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Re: Caught in the act
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So, is there a guide anywhere for someone who may want to set up a similar setup ? What type of camera will be needed ?
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Duncan Grisby sent a link to his website http://www.grisby.org/burglar.html to the cam.misc newsgroup so we have been following this story for a while now! 
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The camera isn't anything special. It's an unbranded little thing with a fixed lens. It outputs a composite video signal. In the PC, I had a generic BT-848 PCI video capture card. It just worked with Linux. I didn't have to do anything clever to make it work. The only "clever" bit I did was to write some scripts to upload the files to an off-site server, which turned out to be a very sensible thing to have done...
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17-02-2005, 10:29
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Re: Caught in the act
His sentence is a joke though. He recieved custodial sentences twice before for burgulary. They should have buried him this time.
I bet you at some point now someone or organisation is going to come out and declare this is an abuse of the burgular's human rights especially with right to privacy...
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17-02-2005, 10:41
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Re: Caught in the act
Rarely does reading a thread bring me so much pleasure
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17-02-2005, 11:12
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Re: Caught in the act
ROFL i would have given him 10 years with no chance of getting out, really winds me up that genuine honest hard working, people have to go through crap, just because of some workshy low life.
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17-02-2005, 11:16
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Re: Caught in the act
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Originally Posted by Pierre
Plus he pleaded guilty so he'll probably only serve 6 months at most.
Mind you I suppose we should be thankful that he was actually sent down and not given a light tap on the wrist and sent for councilling
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Perhaps he'll try and sue the victim for recording him without his permission, you know, invading his privacy....
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