Re: the thief might get hurt!

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawgster () gmail com>]

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On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 10:19 PM, Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org> wrote:

> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1075809/No-barbed-wire--hurt-thie
> ves-allotment-holders-told.html
>
> A gardener who fenced off his allotment with barbed wire after being
> targeted by thieves has been ordered to take it down  in case intruders
> scratch themselves.
>
> Bill Malcolm erected the 3ft fence after thieves struck three times in
> just four months, stealing tools worth around 300 from his shed and
> ransacking his vegetable patch.
>
> But Bromsgrove district council has ordered the 61-year-old to remove the
> waist-high fence on health and safety grounds.

Sucks.

I seem to recall a similar issue in NYC back in the early 90's where a
storefront owner electrified his shop-front gate (or some such) to protect
against repeated theivery -- and eventually someone got electrocuted. I
can't find an reference right now, but I distinctly remember it.

Oh, yeah -- the shop owner got prosecuted for manslaughter, if I recall
correctly.

- - ferg

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