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Stolen Red Blackberry 9300, wifes phone stolen in town from pocket |
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Nov 30 2011, 09:11 PM
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QUOTE (HeatherW @ Nov 30 2011, 08:45 PM) The last few years I have noticed a decline in morality, respect etc in Newbury. The left of your blackberry is sadly a common occurrence now in Newbury. The police are either nowhere around or ineffective. Criminals have rights and the common person has to stand by and watch in disgust. This is untrue. The theft of a mobile phone is not a common occurrence in Newbury and the law abiding citizen doesn't have to stand by and watch in disgust when a crime is committed.
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Nov 30 2011, 09:15 PM
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QUOTE (user23 @ Nov 30 2011, 09:11 PM) This is untrue.
The theft of a mobile phone is not a common occurrence in Newbury and the law abiding citizen doesn't have to stand by and watch in disgust when a crime is committed. It is true; not all mobiles that are stolen get reported or is published in the papers. Then what do you expect them to do?
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Nov 30 2011, 09:23 PM
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QUOTE (HeatherW @ Nov 30 2011, 09:15 PM) It is true; not all mobiles that are stolen get reported or is published in the papers. What evidence do you have to support this your supposition? I've got around 150 friends and acquaintances on Facebook who live in Newbury. I can't remember one of them ever posting that they've had their phone stolen in Newbury.
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Nov 30 2011, 09:29 PM
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QUOTE (user23 @ Nov 30 2011, 09:23 PM) What evidence do you have to support this your supposition?
I've got around 150 friends and acquaintances on Facebook who live in Newbury. I can't remember one of them ever posting that they've had their phone stolen in Newbury. My boyfriends cousin is a police officer and he told us. On top of that my boyfriend and I have also many friends within Newbury and its surrounding areas and they have told us that they have had problems or know of problems with stolen phones. Your experience tells you one thing, as mine tells me another. I can not offer anything more than what I have just said.
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Nov 30 2011, 09:29 PM
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QUOTE (user23 @ Nov 30 2011, 09:23 PM) What evidence do you have to support this your supposition?
I've got around 150 friends and acquaintances on Facebook who live in Newbury. I can't remember one of them ever posting that they've had their phone stolen in Newbury. Perhaps you could ask them rather than assuming that no report means no theft (though that is, of course, the police approach).
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Nov 30 2011, 09:32 PM
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QUOTE (HeatherW @ Nov 30 2011, 09:29 PM) My boyfriends cousin is a police officer and he told us. On top of that my boyfriend and I have also many friends within Newbury and its surrounding areas and they have told us that they have had problems or know of problems with stolen phones. Your experience tells you one thing, as mine tells me another. I can not offer anything more than what I have just said. Fair enough. You did say "not all mobiles that are stolen get reported or is published in the papers" so I don't know how the police officer would know how many are or aren't stolen if this is the case. QUOTE (blackdog @ Nov 30 2011, 09:29 PM) Perhaps you could ask them rather than assuming that no report means no theft (though that is, of course, the police approach). I'm thinking theft of one's phone would most likely be published in a status update.
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Nov 30 2011, 09:37 PM
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QUOTE (user23 @ Nov 30 2011, 09:32 PM) Fair enough.
You did say "not all mobiles that are stolen get reported or is published in the papers" so I don't know how the police The police know many things, but unless thefts are officially reported then they cannot do anything about it. To be honest I am baffled to why people do not want to make their theft official.
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Nov 30 2011, 10:25 PM
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From what I know and she explained ( she is still very distraught and upset ! ) she had it in her outer coat pocket, she went into both the book shop in the kennet center and that spice shop opposite, she remembers someone bumping into her and I believe it was taken then, but that is just my opinion, classic nudge and steal as I call it, I know it was on when taken as a friend ang her, it rang twice and was then turned off.
I have no idea why, but she is still out of her mind that I will lose my temper with her because I saved up for months to get it for her and she feels she let me and the boys down badly as they went without things so I could buy it, and I can't calm her down over that aspect ( All I will say is past abusive male relationships some 12 years ago leave her scarred ). In fact all she repeats is that I had warned her enough times in the past about her pockets etc,and she is so so sorry, she had a habit of leaving her handbag in the trolley when shopping and I had to take control of it enough times. I don't hold out much hope for the blackberry protect system either , it shows my phone as being in whitchurch yet I am sat in woolton hill !.
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Nov 30 2011, 10:40 PM
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QUOTE (mungo @ Nov 30 2011, 10:35 PM) I have no idea, I rarely if ever venture out due to disability, I do know the security man there tried to help my wife but found nothing. I can understand her upset, I can only say that she is one of many that this kind of thing happens to. I would imagine that she is sick with guilt and remorse. It won't come as any consolation, but this story might serve as a reminder to people that they should be vigilant in busy environments, especially when using a phone in public or using a cash machine. I'm sat here wishing I had a spare phone that is similar I could give away, but sadly I don't.
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