72-year-old man beats pickpocket

Post by **Skylace** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:43 pm

SpursFan1902 · Post by **SpursFan1902** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:48 pm

Good for him! I hate the sudden rash (or maybe just the sudden reporting rash) of violent crimes against the elderly. We have so much to learn from them and this is how they get treated. It's a shame...

Post by **faceless** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:56 pm

If he was so well trained he'd not have needed to hit him at all, so I hope he's charged with assault. He's more of a law-breaker than the guy he's attacked.

luke · Post by **luke** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 2:34 pm

don't mess with pensioners

this one always makes me laugh

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girldorksrule · Post by **girldorksrule** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:37 pm

I saw that on the news and thought it was brilliant.

pirtybirdy · Post by **pirtybirdy** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:18 pm

faceless wrote:If he was so well trained he'd not have needed to hit him at all, so I hope he's charged with assault. He's more of a law-breaker than the guy he's attacked.

It might depend on what loony state one lives in whether this guy will get in trouble for assault. I'd like to see a follow up story to see.

Post by **faceless** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:52 pm

what's not assault about it? The pickpocket was obviously subdued - any good defence lawyer would suggest undue force... it would be worth it for the tabloid headlines alone!

Post by **eefanincan** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:13 am

faceless wrote:what's not assault about it? The pickpocket was obviously subdued - any good defence lawyer would suggest undue force... it would be worth it for the tabloid headlines alone!

Aja · Post by **Aja** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:41 am

eefanincan wrote:
faceless wrote:what's not assault about it? The pickpocket was obviously subdued - any good defence lawyer would suggest undue force... it would be worth it for the tabloid headlines alone!

Luther Blissett · Post by **Luther Blissett** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:07 am

Faceless is basically right. The pickpocket appeared to have used far less (if any) force than was used against him, though in saying that, I hope that a judge would issue a sentence that dissuaded the "old man" from using excess force in future, but didn't actually fuck his life up in the process (so no criminal record or custodial sentence).

I presume the tabloid headline he (Faceless) had in mind would have been "Picked the wrong pocket", although I can't be sure about that. ...Perhaps he'd conjured an even worse pun.

The pickpocket was basically very bad at his job, and thus revealed the victim's loss to him before clearing the scene, unlike someone such as Robert Maxwell, who was very good at stealing, and managed to flee the scene ahead of being caught.

nekokate · Post by **nekokate** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:30 pm

Assault is assault, but I can understand perfectly how people would find it amusing, kind of like when a bull gores a bullfighter for once. An old guy, supposedly easy prey, actually comes out on top for once, etc. It's kind of poetic justice, especially since the thief didn't seem to be too badly effected by the blows. It's not like the old guy put him in a coma, he just whacked him a few times 'cos he was pissed that he was trying to steal his stuff.

I had my bag stolen once in the street, and I'd have loved to be able to get a few kicks in, if I could have.