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[peds]

Did we ever get a concrete motive for the event?

[Mark J]

3 hours ago, peds said:

Did we ever get a concrete motive for the event?

They're probably keeping their gob shut.

 

[Treewolf]

On 01/05/2024 at 14:49, Mesterh said:

It would be interesting to hear what evidence the police found to arrest them. Hopefully it's good enough for a conviction.  

From the initial reports they key evidence seems to be:

1 - ANPR and cellular evidence that they travelled to and from the scene,

2 - Evidence that they bragged about doing it afterwards,

3 - A souvenir chunk of the victim found in one of their vehicles, and

4 - A video they allegedly made of themselves cutting the tree down!

 

It seems that they are perhaps not the sharpest tools in the toolbox.

[Yournamehere]

I looked in at the BBC Live coverage of the proceedings a couple of times yesterday and yes, ev'tin TW says ^. Took their trackers er, phones, took pictures, left messages, didn't take scenic route, didn't delete the F out of everything.

Right down to the meta-data for the pics giving the exact location of the tree!

Seems - like the old boys who did the Hatton Garden job - they just had no idea what those little devices are capable of.

 

I often wonder if there wasn't a cabinet/security meeting about twenty years ago; and someone said, "We are going to introduce a scheme whereby everyone will be forced to carry personal trackers and criminals will be required to film their criminal activity"

And everyone just laughed.

Then someone said, thoughtfully, "You know, we could make it work if we..."

 

And the rest, as they say, is where you put your arm.