[Cherry Christmas]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Yes it's the police's job to solve stuff like this, but it's also no secret that our police are often massively overstretched and that its not going to be high up on their list of priorities. Would probably never get thoroughly looked into. The guy did go overboard but then it was an assault on his livelihood - like he alludes to it's not a Tesco or a Sainsburys where they could afford a few stolen items. I do feel sorry for the shoplifter though, but if we can sympathise with him surely we can also sympathise with the guy who was being robbed which is probably a very real threat to his business every day

I don't know because he came across more like a gangland criminal than a shop keeper, he was probably just visiting the shop to pick up his protection money

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I don't know because he came across more like a gangland criminal than a shop keeper, he was probably just visiting the shop to pick up his protection money

Agree with that. The store keeper knew what to do he slapped him very hard with both hands. That guys done that before he of all people should know what might happen if he raised his hand to the wrong person.