A prolific Hertfordshire burglar has recorded a video explaining a recent spike of burglaries against Asian homeowners.
The 24-year-old man admitted to more than 175 burglaries between 2007 and 2011, which took place across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and north London.
In a video uploaded to youtube, he explains how he targeted Asian homes due to a combination of a guaranteed haul of gold jewellery, and the current high price of the metal.Gosh! Who is the man, I wonder?
The man, who cannot be named as part of his rehabilitation...Ah. Well, that's that, I guess.
Oh. Wait. Check out the comments!
fugu says...
Guess how much jail time he got. That's right, none. Not any. Found guilty of 177 burglaries, totalling over £400,000 in stolen goods and no time served. Madness! If you want to know his name it has been previously published in the Welwyn Hatfield Times amongst other places.
Just search Google for "watford burglar 177" to find the story.
Why the Watford observer is hiding his identity is baffling. Why he didn't get 5-years inside is even more so.Well, well, well...
A burglar has owned up to 177 break-ins, stealing more than £400,000 worth of gold and jewellery from Asian families.
But Hatfield man Taoreed Ogboye was spared jail, instead being given the chance by a judge to turn his back on crime.I wonder if this is indeed the same man? Is the 'Watford Observer's' sneaky 'more than 175 burglaries' (yes, for those educated in the state system, 177 is more than 175) a way of attempting to prevent identification?
Or are there a hell of a lot of Africans committing 'Asian' gold burglaries across Hertfordshire?
"Why the Watford observer is hiding his identity is baffling" ...
ReplyDeleteCould it possibly be because that bloody elephant has got loose and blundered into the room again ?
I wonder if I could steal nearly half a million quid and get away with it?
ReplyDeleteThis man is also helping us to prevent further crime committed by others by giving us inside knowledge about how burglars operate - we are using this to help potential victims of burglary to protect their property.
ReplyDeleteThis, amongst other things, is why the public want to give the nearest Chief Constable a hoof up the bum.
All they have done is psychologically reward the man by putting him on video as if this was an audition for Britain's Got Scum
What they should have done is find out if this can be charged as racially aggravated - since this is genuinely what it is - and then the judge should have handed him over to the victims to see if they wished to remove items of sentimental attachment from his person.
I don't believe any police constables lack knowledge of how burglaries are committed or basic crime prevention since they work with the subject all day, every day.
Do the brass have to pass a stupid test or something?
If you stole £400,000 from a Securicor van you would get 10 years.This man has violated 177 homes-personal victims-as opposed to a big company and got no prison time at all.Unbelievable.
ReplyDeleteMaximum sentence for burglary is 14 years.177 x 14 is a lot.
Well, since many asians *cough* Sikhs*cough* are not at all pacific, it may well be that George of the Jungle* here will get a 'visit'. Here's hoping
ReplyDelete* Name is Nigerian
Not only has he been spared jail, but is unemployable and will now live for the rest of his natural at our expense, contributing no more than an anti-burgulary (or a how to manual) video.
ReplyDeleteWhy has he been let off so many times?
ReplyDeleteEither bribery or blackmail...
Until we see a small, but steady rate for convictions of judges for taking bribes we have to assume that they are 'for sale'.
Of course, it could also be intimidation, and again, until we see a realistic number of convictions for this crime, we can safely assume that judges are routinely intimidated.
Everything has a certain failure rate, and there is _no way_ that all our judges are honest and/or intimidated.
Sikh's carry big knives
ReplyDeleteSorry about the apostrophe.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful British name there.
ReplyDeleteNot.
"Could it possibly be because that bloody elephant has got loose and blundered into the room again ?"
ReplyDeleteYou might think that. I couldn't possibly comment... ;)
"This, amongst other things, is why the public want to give the nearest Chief Constable a hoof up the bum."
Sadly, the 'elected police chiefs' idea is getting watered down and infiltrated by the usual suspects, so is unlikely to provide the opportunity.
"Well, since many asians *cough* Sikhs*cough* are not at all pacific, it may well be that George of the Jungle* here will get a 'visit'."
The police can hardly be surprised if a bit of vigilante justice starts to become more and more attractive.
"Why has he been let off so many times?
Either bribery or blackmail..."
"One cannot hope to bribe or twist, thank god, the British journalist. But seeing what the man will do unbribed, there's no occasion to.."
Replace with 'judge' and it might not scan, but it'll be just as true.
Why is burglary not taken more seriously?
ReplyDelete"Hate crimes" attract massively enhanced penalties because they purportedly spread fear among the wider community. And doesn't burglary do just that? It isn't just a matter of getting a police incident number, filing an insurance claim and replacing whatever was stolen. A person has had their home violated, while what has been taken may not be replaceable. I know: I speak as someone with some considerable experience of the matter.
I've owned a flat in central London for over twenty years and have lost count of the number of times it has been burgled. The pattern is always the same: walking up to the place and seeing the front door or a window hanging off its hinges and realising I've been burgled yet again. Then the fear sets in. The initial fear is the burglar may still be inside; or if he isn't, he's trashed the place in some unspeakable way as well as just having stolen stuff. Then, after the damage has been fixed and the stolen items replaced, the long-term fear sets in: how long before the burglar comes back? The nagging fear when I'm away from home: have I been burgled again?
So just why isn't burglary classified as a hate crime, or at least taken a lot more seriously by the police and the courts.
Oh... That'll be Taoreed Ogboye.. Don't worry people.. he's still at it and was arrested last week.. He's going away for a few years
ReplyDeleteI'll believe it when I see it!
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