Log theft caught red handed

[morten]

Find out who they are, and make them a written offer to buy the logs they have already taken. Offer a reasonable rate (say, £150/cube - you estimate the quantity), and give them a week to pay up. Let them know, that if they don't "accept" your offer, you have plenty of ideas of how to get justice.

 

Possibly a good idea to hand over the offer letter in person.

 

It will give you a great deal of satisfaction, and leave the options open to you.

[Mark James]

I think you'll find you won't get the result your after, yes theft is theft but not in the courts eyes.

 

If you reported a crime like that to the police across here your case would be at the back of a long list.

 

Vigilantism is what works trust me, you won't get anybody in your back garden over here because they know what happens if they get caught.

Edited February 5, 2011 by Mark James
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[Pat Ferrett]

Drive a lenghth of timber into the ground as far as you can, cut the top off so it just looks like a cut ring then tack some fishing hooks around the side with the barb pointing down

[armchairarborist]

dean stop being a wingey and go make the yard more secure, i agree with taking them to court but don't imagine it'll come to much, the folk who took the reg number will have to give a statement to the police like you have and be prepared to go to court too, toyota would be breaking the data protection act if they gave you the details (unless you misled them), get off arbtalk and go stake out the yard ready for vigilante justice

[ash_smith123]

whats the law on setting a trap or two?

I have thought about this myself, what if I set a trap that if some little twerp was to brake in, might give them a bit of pain and maybe think twice about coming back. I dont know how it would go down with the police.

if they didnt brake in to my property they wouldnt have been hurt ect.....

[Yeti]

Had few stake outs this year myself.Nearly brayed the lass who was renting land off me for horses I was that hopped up on adrenaline and redbull lol

[tommer9]

As long as you warn of traps, spikes on the tops of walls, razor wire etc etc then you are legally covered........technically.

Of course this all goes out of the window in reality with our culture of paying out compensation to thieves when they injure themselves whilst comitting crime FFS.

[tommer9]

Was sent this email. It says on;ly in America. Of course, given that we are now virtually an american state, it follows on from my point in my last post.....

ONLY IN AMERICA

 

The Stella Awards - named after Stella Leibeck who suffered third degree burns

 

to her legs, groin and buttocks after spilling a cup of McDonald's coffee on

 

herself. She was driving at the time.

 

Celebrate, if you will, America's most frivolous lawsuits:

 

 

 

1. Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas was awarded $780,000 by a jury after

 

breaking her ankle falling over a child who was running inside a furniture

 

store. The store owners were surprised by the verdict, considering that the

 

misbehaving little bastard was Mrs Robertson's son.

 

 

 

2. 19 year old Carl Truman of LA won $74,000 and medical expenses when his

 

neighbour ran over his hand in a Honda Accord. Mr.Truman hadn't noticed that

 

there was anyone at the wheel of the vehicle before trying to steal the

 

hub-caps.

 

 

 

3. Terrence Dickinson of Bristol, Pennsylvania was leaving a house he has just

 

finished robbing by way of the garage. He was unable to open the garage door

 

from inside, and the door back into the house had locked shut behind him. The

 

house owners were on vacation. Mr Dickinson found himself locked in the garage

 

for eight days with just two bottle of Pepsi and a bag of dog biscuits to live

 

on. He sued the homeowner, and received half a million dollars for undue mental

 

anguish.

 

 

 

4. Jerry Williams of Little Rock, Arkansas was awarded $14,500 and medical

 

expenses after being bitten on the buttocks by a beagle. The beagle was chained

 

up in it's owners yard. The award was a little less than first thought, given

 

that the jury agreed that Mr Williams had provoked the dog by shooting it

 

repeatedly with an air gun.

 

 

 

5. A Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay Amber Carson of Lancaster

 

$113,000 after she slipped on a soft drink and broke her coccyx. The beverage

 

was only on the floor because Ms Carson had thrown it at her boyfriend 30

 

seconds earlier during an argument.

 

 

 

6. Kara Walton of Delaware successfully sued the owner of a night club after she

 

fell from the bathroom window and knocked out her two front teeth. This occurred

 

while Ms Walton was trying to sneak out and avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge.

 

She was awarded $12, 000 and dental expenses.

 

 

 

And the winner is:

 

 

 

Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma purchased a brand new 32 foot Winnebago motor home.

 

Upon leaving the dealership, he pulled onto the freeway, set the cruise control

 

at 70mph and calmly made his way into the back to make himself a cup of coffee.

 

Not surprisingly, the vehicle left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Mr

 

Grazinski sued Winnebago for not advising him in the handbook that he couldn't

 

actually do this. He was awarded $1,750,000 and a new Winnie. Winnebago actually

 

changed their handbooks in case another complete moron decided to buy one of

 

their vehicles.

 

 

 

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!=

[##ray##]

be careful mate if it was me and i set a trap you can gaurantee it would back fire . its crap that the law wont do owt but if you take revenge they string you up. id love to see all the arb guys that have had something stolen go and knock on their door or even better catch them in the act then make them dig a grave somewhere scary or else you could dig a hole near the fence where they are coming over fill it with something horrible then cover it over and make sure you get it on camera so you can get your £200 quid on tele :lol: good luck with it

[Tom D]

Its interesting that someone caught shoplifting a £5 bottle of sun cream from bots would be charged and most probably prosecuted yet stealing from a small business appears to be a different ball game.