Sig220Man
03-15-2003, 10:18 AM
In the spirit of the post about the British farmer who was prosecuted for shooting and killing an intruder in his own home, here's one that's truly mind boggling (at least as far as I can tell from the details in the article):
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2849227.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2849227.stm</a>
GUARD QUESTIONED OVER ROBBER'S DEATH: A Tesco security guard is being questioned after a robber was shot dead during a raid at an east London supermarket.
Police arrested the guard after it was alleged the robber was shot in the head with his own gun.
Detectives said three masked men ambushed a Securicor van outside the supermarket in Gainsborough Road, in Leytonstone at 0805 GMT on Thursday.
It was initially thought the robber, who witnesses say was wearing a boiler suit and a balaclava, had been shot by one of his accomplices.
The two other raiders, who are believed to have escaped with thousands of pounds, are being sought by detectives.
The security guard, who intervened along with other Tesco staff, suffered a bullet wound to the leg.
No shots were fired by police officers and no-one else was hurt in the shooting.
Eyewitnesses say five or six shots were fired.
Passers-by attempted to revive the robber at the scene, but he died at about 1330 GMT at Whitechapel Hospital.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "Following a scuffle at the scene, one man believed to be one of the suspects in the robbery, was shot in the head."
The Ford Orion in which the two men escaped was found abandoned nearby.
They are thought to have then driven off in another car.
A police spokesman said a file will be sent to the Crown Prosecution Service which will decide if a prosecution will be brought.
So let me get this straight: an apparently UNarmed security guard (considering the UK's attitude towards armed bobbies, I doubt this "rent-a-cop" was carrying), who did what he was paid to do (protect the store and its customers), BRAVELY intervened in an armed robbery of an armored car in the store parking lot, got shot in the process, and is now being prosecuted because some low-life puke got shot with his own gun in the struggle (thus saving the British taxpayer a lot of money in terms of trial, imprisonment, and most importantly, the potential for future violent crime from him)? :confused: :mad:
Am I missing something? Or does this make even less sense than the farmer shooting the intruder story?
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2849227.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2849227.stm</a>
GUARD QUESTIONED OVER ROBBER'S DEATH: A Tesco security guard is being questioned after a robber was shot dead during a raid at an east London supermarket.
Police arrested the guard after it was alleged the robber was shot in the head with his own gun.
Detectives said three masked men ambushed a Securicor van outside the supermarket in Gainsborough Road, in Leytonstone at 0805 GMT on Thursday.
It was initially thought the robber, who witnesses say was wearing a boiler suit and a balaclava, had been shot by one of his accomplices.
The two other raiders, who are believed to have escaped with thousands of pounds, are being sought by detectives.
The security guard, who intervened along with other Tesco staff, suffered a bullet wound to the leg.
No shots were fired by police officers and no-one else was hurt in the shooting.
Eyewitnesses say five or six shots were fired.
Passers-by attempted to revive the robber at the scene, but he died at about 1330 GMT at Whitechapel Hospital.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "Following a scuffle at the scene, one man believed to be one of the suspects in the robbery, was shot in the head."
The Ford Orion in which the two men escaped was found abandoned nearby.
They are thought to have then driven off in another car.
A police spokesman said a file will be sent to the Crown Prosecution Service which will decide if a prosecution will be brought.
So let me get this straight: an apparently UNarmed security guard (considering the UK's attitude towards armed bobbies, I doubt this "rent-a-cop" was carrying), who did what he was paid to do (protect the store and its customers), BRAVELY intervened in an armed robbery of an armored car in the store parking lot, got shot in the process, and is now being prosecuted because some low-life puke got shot with his own gun in the struggle (thus saving the British taxpayer a lot of money in terms of trial, imprisonment, and most importantly, the potential for future violent crime from him)? :confused: :mad:
Am I missing something? Or does this make even less sense than the farmer shooting the intruder story?