Attempting to steal live cables can harm health

[NoelWatson]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-1367826...

[Cyder]

Fantastic!

Shame he only got 12 months community service though.

[ZOLLAR]

BBC said:

"The impact blew part of his skull off, leaving his brain exposed."

[Brother D]

NoelWatson said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-1367826...

So long as the end justifies the means.

[Thom987]

Cyder said:

Fantastic!

Shame he only got 12 months community service though.

Havent the community suffered enough?

Darwin award candidate.

[Roop]

Excellent.

[Jakg]

Cyder said:

Shame he only got 12 months community service though.

To be honest I think that what he's had is much worse than any punishment they could give him... I certainly don't think he's likely to re-offend.

[fss111]

What would the cable value have been?

[itsnotarace]

Jakg said:

I certainly don't think he's likely to re-offend.

Don't be so sure about that!

[scotal]

Thom987 said:

Darwin award candidate.

Afraid not, he's already bred.

[993AL]

Jakg said:

Cyder said:

Shame he only got 12 months community service though.

To be honest I think that what he's had is much worse than any punishment they could give him... I certainly don't think he's likely to re-offend.

Agreed, and he hasn't even had the leccy bill yet, 10 million Watts for 1 second = £5 grand.

Seriously though, I think there are people in the world who deserve it more than this guy. Its not as if he raped a granny or tampered with kids or the like, he broke into an empty warehouse and tried to steal a bit of cable, wrong I know but hardly the crime of the century. Hell has mended him but I think it's over the top to suggest that he deserved it, the punishment doesn't fit the crime IMHO.

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-...

[UK300]

Good.

The only trouble is now he'll begetting the ambulance chaser's in and suing the power company for millons because is was the wrong type of electric shock

[alfaman]

I am coming to the view that the Singapore crime prevention strategy and social /economic model works well (where I live) ....could it be applied to the UK?

medium level crime canresult in getting caned

very little if any dole fallback for the unemployed

you are not allowed in unless you can "add value"

so there is a strong motive to work and not commit petty crime.

Income Tax is also negligible

[AJS-]

993AL said:

Agreed, and he hasn't even had the leccy bill yet, 10 million Watts for 1 second = £5 grand.

Seriously though, I think there are people in the world who deserve it more than this guy. Its not as if he raped a granny or tampered with kids or the like, he broke into an empty warehouse and tried to steal a bit of cable, wrong I know but hardly the crime of the century. Hell has mended him but I think it's over the top to suggest that he deserved it, the punishment doesn't fit the crime IMHO.

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-...

I don't think anyone is suggesting that it's a fitting punishment in the judicial sense, or that judges should order such a punishment. But it's entirely fitting in the sense of being somewhere you shouldn't be, attempting to steal something you shouldn't steal and facing severe consequences.

It's like stealing a car, crashing it and dying. Or breaking into the house of an angry and violent man, and getting beaten senseless.

[Deva Link]

Jakg said:

To be honest I think that what he's had is much worse than any punishment they could give him... I certainly don't think he's likely to re-offend.

Presumeably there's no chance now of him ever working, but he'll no doubt be able to continue to breed. So we'll have to keep him and however more more kids he fathers for the rest of his life.

[993AL]

Deva Link said:

Jakg said:

To be honest I think that what he's had is much worse than any punishment they could give him... I certainly don't think he's likely to re-offend.

Presumeably there's no chance now of him ever working,

I guess being a conductor is out.

[RemainAllHoof]

fss111 said:

What would the cable value have been?

Depends on the day.

http://futures.tradingcharts.com/chart/B6/

[rolex]

993AL said:

Deva Link said:

Jakg said:

To be honest I think that what he's had is much worse than any punishment they could give him... I certainly don't think he's likely to re-offend.

Presumeably there's no chance now of him ever working,

I guess being a conductor is out.

He could charge batteries

[RemainAllHoof]

rolex said:

993AL said:

Deva Link said:

Jakg said:

To be honest I think that what he's had is much worse than any punishment they could give him... I certainly don't think he's likely to re-offend.

Presumeably there's no chance now of him ever working,

I guess being a conductor is out.

He could charge batteries

From the article, he's already been charged and sentenced.

[NDA]

I wonder what the cost is to the NHS for treating him?

I'm not a weirdie beardie and wouldn't normally think of the cost of treating anyone, but it does strike me that he's a massive drain on resources whilst offering society so little in return.