Never ever steal less than a million bucks. The criminal justice system is ruthless to petty criminals.
This whole thing sounds bizarre. Dude shoplifted the magnet (allegedly), was detained by staff and questioned, then instead of calling the police they let him go and released his picture? And then when he went in to the police to complain about these people releasing his picture, the police arrested him?
Also - the owner of the shop says âno-one could have identified him from the poster they put out.â - I disagree⌠Yeah, you couldnât see his face, but if he wears that hat and jacket every day (many men donât have more than one jacket/hat combination), you can be sure that everybody would know it was him.
Then why put it out? I agree. . . somethingâs weird.
Well, from the article, it sounds like they just had the poster up in their store (and maybe on Facebook?). And then it ended up getting picked up by the news. But again - they detained him, questioned him, let him go and then reported the shoplifting to the police? If they were comfortable enough detaining him in the store, why not just call the police then and there and wait for them to arrive?
ââŚand then turned on his heel and ran awayâ. Mmmm, I donât think they just let him go.
Is that from the Youtube link? Canât watch that at work, would definitely explain some of the confusion.
Yeah, the store owner recounts the whole story. Basically, the poster thing was a case of âwe know who you are, and what you did, so turn yourself inâ.
Sounds like that would have been a better source for me to review (if I could) than the very confusing Cambridge News article.
Problem is that youâre quoting only one of the interested parties.
âBut the court found Allegretto guilty, with chief magistrate Phil King saying the evidence from shop staff was âclear, compelling and credibleâ and the identification of the defendant as the thief was âequally compellingâ. He will be sentenced at later date.â
Iâm only quoting Arbroath here, but I wouldnât doubt the guyâs been convicted, even though I wasnât in the courtroom at the time. I think one could safely assume the burden of proof was met, seeing as thereâs a video camera right there at the entrance to the store.
I donât have an opinion on this story, but I shall remember your comment because it could be useful for so many situations in life.
I shanât doubt the conviction either. But video evidence - especially silent (which seems to be the default but obviously I donât really know) - isnât going to show much of a difference between leaving the premises quickly and ârunning awayâ unless heâs doing that actual, like, running away thing with speed-lines and a person-shaped hole in the door.
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