[Niamh.]

Stay on topic please

[Cherie]

My sympathies would lie with the victims who in this case are the harrassed Mum, most people with children will have been in that situation where they have been distracted in public by their children and left vulnerable. Also the old lady as anyone with respect for her property and her age would not take her money. It makes no difference that the thieves are on their uppers.

[Kizzy]

Yes, I think so too... it is made worse by the fact the victims are vulnerable.
I checked before posting into the criminal side, if the accused does not consider himself dishonest then it is for the prosecution to prove otherwise, and the jury to decide guilt.
Some people may think they did nothing wrong, that it was the victims fault for not looking after their property correctly?...

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by kizzy

Yes, I think so too... it is made worse by the fact the victims are vulnerable.
I checked before posting into the criminal side, if the accused does not consider himself dishonest then it is for the prosecution to prove otherwise, and the jury to decide guilt.
Some people may think they did nothing wrong, that it was the victims fault for not looking after their property correctly?...

It is wrong, it is no different to forgetting to lock your front door or leaving downstairs window open, and a thief gaining easy access and helping themselves.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by CherieB

It is wrong, it is no different to forgetting to lock your front door or leaving downstairs window open, and a thief gaining easy access and helping themselves.

Funny you should use that analogy, there was a case recently where an offender was instructed to write a letter of apology to his victim from prison.
However the burglar instead of saying sorry chastised the victim for leaving their lights off and wimdow open...
He laid full blame for his crime on them!
I can't copy and paste atm but it was all over the papers.