just thought id share my shock! i was at work in the club that i run today, when at about 4.45 pm a jeep drove into the front fire exit of the building and two balaclava’d guys jumped out and came into the building, they came into the office where i was and asked where the safe was, so i just told them, they couldnt get inside it luckily and i had left my keys at home, they left with only a fake £20 that i had on the desk that someone had tried to use at the weekend. Luckily i didnt get hurt and they got away with nothing. but it is a wake up call to me and should remind everyone, no matter where you work that at this time of year, thieving little t**ts are out for all they can get, so just keep your eyes open and be careful.
@ photojojo, im deputy manager at a nightclub and bar during the week.
hopefully they do get caught, nothing but opportunists, but if anyone works with cash they should be aware. We have a good idea who they were and have said to the police but got to see whether or not they act.
Yeah, I’ve been held up before at gunpoint, and it’s never a fun experience. Glad you came out of it fine, you never know with people like that exactly what they are on, or what they are going to do. (As honestly, most of it is usually drug-related).
In my experience, unless you had cameras, not much will happen. But I don’t really think the police try hard unless they are forced by political or media.
shit mate, i feel for ya! i think youre right tho, they clearly knew the building layout and obviously knew we had cameras, maybe not 45 of them but still.
Probably not a good idea in the UK, as the legality of threatening an intruder with an offensive weapon is questionable Heard a story recently where a farmer threatened a burglar with a shotgun, i believe he got locked up for it!
Gotta love Castle Doctrine. Here if someone intrudes in your place of residence you have every right to shoot them until they are no longer a threat to you or anyone inside. We also have a Stand Your Ground law where you don’t have to retreat if you are threatened with a deadly weapon (rock, knife, whatever) in public or in a private place that is not your residence and you can defend yourself with deadly force until the threat is neutralized.
Anyway I’m glad OP is ok and it didn’t end much worse.
YYYYUP. The idea of having to defend myself with a firearm is terrifying, but not half as much as not being able to legally do so. My state doesn’t have a castle doctine as such but I have yet to hear about a legitimate case of self defense being prosecuted.
Actually this has been in the news recently. An old guy in manchester caught someone breaking in to his house and in the scuffle that ensued the burglar got studded and died. The old guy went to court on a murder/manslaughter charge but the judge rule he’d used “appropriate force” to defend his property and he was cleared. I think the law has changed as a result. Something similar happened in the 90’s where a farmer shot a 16yr old boy who had broken in to his cottage. The farmer got sent down for a long time though for murder.
anyway @brian glad you ok man. Wouldn’t have though things like that happen in Northampton!!!
cheers guys, there’s a petrol station opposite the club that was hit yesterday, however they pulled a shotgun on the security guard, im REALLY glad that wasnt the case on monday. i wouldnt have thought things like this would happen here either, especially on a monday afternoon after all of the banking had already been done lol.
Heard a story recently where a farmer threatened a burglar with a shotgun, i believe he got locked up for it! 