The streets aren't safe anymore...

[Cykotic]

So, I was mugged on my way home on Monday and now, I'm so scared to step outside the front door. If it opens, I freeze up and start panicking. I go completely numb and just can't go out. They took nearly everything. My mobile was at home, so they didn't take that, but they took all of my money, my MP3 player and watch. All i remember is walking along Wallsend Road, then feeling a hard punch on my head. I woke up and found that they took everything and that I was bleeding.

I'm fine now, but some plans I had made for tonight are ruined.

I'm sick and ****ing tired of these little bastards, roaming the streets and just attacking people at random. I could have fought off one or maybe two of them, but four???

[Tricky]

Sorry to hear that man,and i saw tony blair in the commons the other day telling everyone how crime was down under labour!he knows how to lie il give him that!
Think yourself lucky though,this happened in my town last week
http://www.bridlingtontoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=803&ArticleID=1987948

and it didnt even make the national papers,that shows how bad things are getting :(
the body wasnt even hidden,just left next to some dustbins,im glad i didnt see it

[Neil]

So, I was mugged on my way home on Monday and now, I'm so scared to step outside the front door. If it opens, I freeze up and start panicking. I go completely numb and just can't go out. They took nearly everything. My mobile was at home, so they didn't take that, but they took all of my money, my MP3 player and watch. All i remember is walking along Wallsend Road, then feeling a hard punch on my head. I woke up and found that they took everything and that I was bleeding.

I'm fine now, but some plans I had made for tonight are ruined.

I'm sick and ****ing tired of these little bastards, roaming the streets and just attacking people at random. I could have fought off one or maybe two of them, but four???

Similar thing happened to a guy I worked with... This is many years ago though...

A pair of guys would regularly mug people and one day he was the victim. Basically they repeatedly clubbed him over the head until he was unconscious and bleeding...

Luckily in the end the guys were done...


Of course we're in the rediculous situation now where the government are trying to get the judges to not send people to prison, due to them not getting their act togethor and building more prisons... So basically guilty people are being not sent to prison, or let out early!

[_liam_]

sorry to hear that cyk :mad:

don't let it f*** you up though, look at it this way, the chances of it happening again are pretty slim.

check this out

British convicts could be sent to Australia again
Friday Feb 2 04:00 AEDT

More than 200 years since the first boatload of English convicts reached our shores, overcrowded British jails are once again considering sending their prisoners Down Under.

In a desperate move to combat what has become a national crisis, Prime Minister Tony Blair announced he will do anything possible — including sending convicts overseas — to relieve pressure on the country's "full to bursting" prison system.

The Daily Telegraph reports that Australia's High Commissioner to the UK Richard Alston acknowledged the prospect of accepting UK prisoners at a recent function.

Britain's chief prisons inspector Anne Owers blames the crisis on a law change which allows judges to give indefinite sentences.

"We have a serious crisis and one that is impacting on the ability to do rehabilitation work," she said in a damning report. "It is normally considered good practice to build an ark before the flood."

The situation is so dire that the UK's Home Secretary John Reid has written a letter to judges demanding that only the most violent and dangerous criminals be locked up.

Reid has been forced to think up radical options to free up prison cells, such as releasing prisoners early; sending the 11,000 foreign nationals currently locked up back to their home country; creating a waiting list for jail spaces; and even using ships to house prisoners offshore.

The maximum capacity for British jails is 80,716. In November last year, the number of inmates topped 80,000 for the first time.

[Tricky]

Why dont they just build more jails over here?its beyond me why they find it so damn difficult!they find millions of pounds of taxpayers money to furnish offices in whitehall & to teach civil servants about feng shui,so why cant they spend some money on building new jails?they dont have to be plush 5* accomadations,they are to house the scum of society after all!(apart from the pensioners who are jailed because they cant afford to pay massive council tax rises of course)
Why should australia take all our scum anyway?they are their own nation now & if i was them i'd say no!

[GRMonLI]

So, I was mugged on my way home on Monday and now, I'm so scared to step outside the front door. If it opens, I freeze up and start panicking. I go completely numb and just can't go out. They took nearly everything. My mobile was at home, so they didn't take that, but they took all of my money, my MP3 player and watch. All i remember is walking along Wallsend Road, then feeling a hard punch on my head. I woke up and found that they took everything and that I was bleeding.

I'm fine now, but some plans I had made for tonight are ruined.

I'm sick and ****ing tired of these little bastards, roaming the streets and just attacking people at random. I could have fought off one or maybe two of them, but four???


I am really sorry about what happened to you and it really sucks but I am glad you are ok......or ok physically.

I have a question...if you only remember a punch in the head then how do you know there were four of them?

I know about agoraphobia...when I first got really sick I would not leave my house for abour 3 months with fear that I would be sick while I was out.

[capncnut]

Listen Cyko, life can seem a bit strange after a traumatic event but don't let these little turds keep you down. They punched you from behind 'cos they couldn't match you full on. They are pussies and believe in that. Use the negative and turn it into a positive. Don't lock yourself away and be afraid of a bunch of little c**ts who couldn't fight you face to face. Work out, get tougher and don't be afraid to show it off. Believe me, no one will mess around again.

[MinionZombie]

Sorry to hear about the Cyk, but like the others are saying, don't be afraid to step outside again.

Tricky - damn straight, they can find money to splash out on f*ckin' Casinos, but they can't find the cash to build a friggin' prison or two, sickening.

If Australia was willing to put up a big old prison in the middle of ass-f*ck nowhere then I'd be very appreciative.

It doesn't even have to be a case of building flat out new prisons, just converting abandoned military bases and other such areas. It's unbelievable how anyone (glaring at Reid) can consider a f*cking waiting line and letting kiddy fiddlers go free a good idea.

Just another f*ck up to throw on the bonfire that is Britain, and hopefully another dent to British confidence that'll inspire people not to vote for the scumbags in power.

[Tricky]

Darn straight MZ!and as well as all the abandoned military bases,how about all the huge underground cold war bunkers that each city has,that were designed for hundreds of people!im sure they could turn those to prisons as well without too much effort!

And cyk,listen to what the capn says,buy a set of weights and get beefed up a bit,it will boost your confidence,pull the chicks & make scrotes think twice before starting trouble with you.
Im not a fighting man & im not hard,but i generally dont get any trouble cos im quite beefed up & tatoo'd,it works ;)

[Danny]

Sorry to hear about the Cyk, but like the others are saying, don't be afraid to step outside again.

Tricky - damn straight, they can find money to splash out on f*ckin' Casinos, but they can't find the cash to build a friggin' prison or two, sickening.

If Australia was willing to put up a big old prison in the middle of ass-f*ck nowhere then I'd be very appreciative.

It doesn't even have to be a case of building flat out new prisons, just converting abandoned military bases and other such areas. It's unbelievable how anyone (glaring at Reid) can consider a f*cking waiting line and letting kiddy fiddlers go free a good idea.

Just another f*ck up to throw on the bonfire that is Britain, and hopefully another dent to British confidence that'll inspire people not to vote for the scumbags in power.


my grandad regularly states "why not just send em to antartica or something?" and in retrospect, that aint a bad idea with asseholes like this.

[MinionZombie]

Hell yeah Cyk, get the upper body workin' for ya ... obviously I don't know what your physical presence is in real life, but regardless - get the weightlifting going to expand your chest, shoulders and arms and you'll be more imposing as a result, and hopefully people would think twice about approaching you - and if they did, you'd stand a good chance of fighting back.

Tricky - good idea - underground prisons, me likey-likey. The structure exists, all you need to do is decorate it out a bit, whack up the standard prison security and throw in some basic living things (beds, bogs) and you've got some room.

I see that some "high risk" sex offender is on the loose in Oxfordshire - so if there's any gals from Oxford here (or anyone here is in Oxford and doesn't know about the pervert), then keep an eye out.

[LoSTBoY]

It's true that a good build means no one will mess with you, but you were hit from behind so the cowards could pick at you like the ****ing hyenas they are.

Don't be scared Cykotic, be ****ing angry!! Learn from this, go out and find them and set about them with a baseball bat, then take their ****ing stuff!

[kortick]

i Have been mugged and beaten
more times than i can count

the last one was about 3 month ago when 3 guys jumped me

i got beat but i managed to cause some harm to them
they wee just surprised that i didnt run

you get sick of it
and your whole attitude changes
instead of being araid when this happens
you get pissed

i got whacked around good but i didnt feel a thing
cuz i was so pissed

i like to hang in bad parts of town
its more of my element so i invite more

dont let it get to you

its like a car crash
you wouldnt never drive again if you were in a
crash that you got hurt in (i dont mean paralized)
you would just be more aware

if you lived in america id tell you to get a gun
and blow the scum away
the only reason i dont have a gun is because
it would never get a chance to get dusty


so dont let a mugging hold you back
there isnt any reason to withdraw completely

then they will have stolen more from you than your belongings if you
let them influence your going out
dont give them that victory

[Neil]

Hell yeah Cyk, get the upper body workin' for ya ... obviously I don't know what your physical presence is in real life, but regardless - get the weightlifting going to expand your chest, shoulders and arms and you'll be more imposing as a result, and hopefully people would think twice about approaching you - and if they did, you'd stand a good chance of fighting back.

Unfortunately you'd have to drastically change your body for it to really notice through clothing... And seems a very extreme thing to do...

I've spent a lot of time in the gym + done some martial arts etc and I have what I would describe as a reasonably stocky build, but I wouldn't say I look "big" as such... My build - in clothing - certainly wouldn't change any ones opinion on whether to attack me or not...

I suspect you'd have more luck changing the clothes you wear :) Now a nice HPotD thong I suspect would make most people keep a safe distance from you :)

[capncnut]

i like to hang in bad parts of town
its more of my element so i invite more

Why am I not surprised by this? :rolleyes:

Oh yeah, and PM me your details bro 'cos I'm having no luck with your e-mail.

[Eyebiter]

Glad to hear your ok. If you were in the US I'd say buy a handgun. Is pepper spray or Mace legal in the UK? How about expandable batons? Or perhaps a small knife like the Spyderco?

Were you wearing the MP3 walking when the thugs ambushed you?

Sounds like you might have been in Condition White. Here is a self defense article that you might find helpful.

http://www.keepandbeararms.com/information/XcIBViewItem.asp?ID=3495

[Craig]

I'm sorry to hear it, the streets of the UK aren't very safe nowadays.

My brother got his jaw broken when coming home from the Tesco with his mate one night, a couple of guys just stepped out of a car and beat him and his mate up, the horrible thing was that then didn't even attempt to steal anything of my bro or his mate.

I hope you can overcome it and that you can get your life back to normal.

[axlish]

Can you carry a tazer in the UK?

[7734]

All i remember is walking along Wallsend Road, then feeling a hard punch on my head. I woke up and found that they took everything and that I was bleeding.

I could have fought off one or maybe two of them, but four???

....?

[Tricky]

Nah no tasers or anything over here axlish,in fact if you had one and used it to fend off an attacker then you would be the one facing charges & would probably have to pay the poor lamb you hurt compensation,welcome to the jungle!

[kortick]

by the way
the streets were never safe

never will be either

[Rottedfreak]

....?

Someone probably saw it.

Over ten years ago I got the **** beat out of me for my bike, it was locked onto a fence and they didn't get it, the worst part was people walked by and allowed that to happen.
Next day I just got up and went to school despite being bruised. Sadly some ****er broke into my shed just a few months later at night and stole the bike.
The irony is I am now 6 foot 6 inch tall, a bit overweight but still fear that it could happen again, there's no garuntees it won't but being shut in was the worst thing I ever did, just take it one step at a time.

I'd suggest victims of any sort of similar crime get in touch with Victim Support look it up in the phone book.

[Cykotic]

This will be the only time I say this, but thank god for CCTV

[Rottedfreak]

Did they get the little ****s?
Prosecute them. They'll have sob stories but just ignore it.

[Danny]

on a similar crime themed note, my mom, (from our poor single parent famil) scrimpt and saved for months to get 700 quid to get a car, but a sleasy dealer has taken her money and is saying she never met, he's hid the car and is not picking up the phone, me and my uncle had to go down there and kid the door to the office open to make him try and give it bakc ,hes said come back today for the money, my uncles and my mom are there right now, and theyve been about 2 hours, heres hoping she gets it back those robbin' bastards should burn in hell.


its b.s autocars in burton, stafforshire, in case your wondering.


...yes "B.S" wonder what that stands for:mad:

[Tricky]

sounds like you should go down & throw brake fluid over all his cars on the forecourt :evil: it burns the paint off & rots the metal underneath so it cant be re-sprayed very easily,never had reason to do it myself,but ive heard about it!

[MinionZombie]

You should kick those guys' asses trying to keep your mum's money. Is that car place some kind of family run "business"? Such things are dodgy as hell I say, I worked briefly with a family run business (hire cars) and they had absolutely no idea about working with other people, they didn't even have a f*cking computer! - They used goddamn pencil and paper on a board for crying out loud!

The dude who owned that thing, his brother got slammed up in jail for clocking cars, and the owner himself died like two years ago - karma's a bitch eh?

Anyway, this dude was a complete asshole. When you hire someone you tell them what to do - as well as not work them ALL day when you're only part time. I just sat around and did pretty much naff all in between the odd bit of farting around cleaning a car (which another bloke working there would just SMOKE inside of). Then he expected me to go home and use my own f*cking time to look up sh*t on the internet for him to find out where you can get Porsche 911 rear lights (cos he backed one into a wall, the dumb bastard).

Needless to say I jacked it in quicksmart, I'd worked the year before at a proper garage and it was ran properly (despise having he odd grievance here and there), anyway, getting to the point of this story - he was refusing to give me the money I earned when I worked there and gave me the run around for about a month (going off "on holiday" at one point, rather conveniently), I kept coming in and putting on the pressure, being a royal pain in their ass until he finally paid up, but he didn't wanna do it - he even called me a "tosser" - IN FRONT OF A F*CKING CUSTOMER THEY WERE SERVING.

I called him on it ("I think the same of you" - and he interpreted this as ME called HIM a tosser FIRST ... f*cking nutter) and flat out made a scene in front of his customers pointing out his complete inability to deal with people. I got my money (and cost him a bunch as he had to insure me for working there) and left the place, it was a complete shoddy organisation.

So yeah, keep piling the pressure on those guys, keep going down there and making a scene in front of their customers (without giving cause to get the cops called on you) and you'll get your cash back.

[Danny]

they stayed there all day turning customers away, funny as hell:lol: