A cyclist narrowly avoided being punched by a group of youths who took his bike – only to, for whatever reason, then seemingly grow a conscience and return it 10 minutes later during a confusing robbery in Cumbria.
The victim, a man in his 30s, was holding his Giant bike while stood outside garages on Grange Crescent in Barrow-in-Furness when the group of six males in their late teens or early 20s approached.
Cumbria Crack reports the ringleader, described as white, around 5′ 9″ with ginger hair and a slim build tried to punch the victim.
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Described as looking 15 or 16 years old and wearing a brown or grey waterproof jacket with dark-coloured trainers, the youth then forced the bike from its owner, making off with it with the rest of the group.
For unexplained reasons the group then returned 10 minutes later and gave the bike back to its owner.
A second man was described as white, around 5′ 8″ of slim build and in his early twenties. He was wearing a black woolly hat, black body warmer with a red long-sleeved top underneath, and had dark trousers and trainers.
Cumbria Police are investigating and asked for any witnesses to report their information online, quoting incident number 168 of 20th October.
13 thoughts on “Cyclist attacked and robbed of bike — only for offenders to return it 10 minutes later”
Young boys need good fathers.
Young boys need good fathers. So many fatherless toerags around, or their dad is addicted to his Playstation. Looks like one of them had a concience, thank goodness. Glad the gentleman was unharmed.
What a bizarrely reactionary
What a bizarrely reactionary conclusion to reach from an entirely unrelated article.
Children of single mothers are statistically no more likely to end up involved in crime than children of single fathers… so unless you have good solid research to backup your entirely outdated notions, I suggest you stick to opining about disc brakes versus rim brakes or some such.
I said good fathers. But to
I said good fathers. But to your point, there is ample evidence to conflict with your emotional response, as I will share for your consideration: The Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency reports that the most reliable indicator of violent crime in a community is the proportion of fatherless families. https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/single-parent-families-cause-juvenile-crime-juvenile-crime-opposing
If you want to back up your
If you want to back up your statement about UK youth it would be better if you don’t use US material as a source.
I’m now concerned with the
I’m now concerned with the unnumbered masses of the clown’s progeny reaching the age of criminal responsibility.
Edit, my apologies the lying clown.
ktache wrote:
Indeed, yesterday is perhaps the the only time he has withdrawn early.
Did you read the paper in
Did you read the paper in question? Because you’ve linked to the abstract and I see no open access copy of the paper available to back up your statement. I think you just used a popular search engine, took a few minutes, and found something that you think backs up your pre-existing prejudices.
As it turns out, the abstract you link references a particular journal, the Journal of Research in Crime & Delinquency, but doesn’t state which paper published by that journal it refers to. I assume it’s not this one from 2004 which looks at exactly the question of gender of the single-parent and does not back up your findings: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0022427803256236
Lack of a “good father” does not condemn one to a life of bike theivery, and the fact that you immediately assume so suggests that you are the one who is getting emotional about this, not me. You should try to be a bit more flexible in your approach.
The links between single
The links between single parent /fatherless families are considerable and we’ll evidenced. Please stop being rude and demanding from others a standard of research you won’t do yourself.
You are correct that there may not be evidence that it is the fatherless element as opposed to the single parent element (and the likely correlation with fianancial insecurity)
You can make that point, and provide more insight, in a productive way.
I suspect you may need to use a search engine unless you believe we should only talk about areas we have academic qualifications in. That would be an excellent idea if your hoping for silence the majority of the time.
Great first post, but you
Great first post, but you need to work on your spelling.
Don’t you think you are being a little hypocritical in telling someone they are rude whilst writing in a tone that is somewhat rude.
I guess you don’t subscribe to the view that if somone makes a claim, it is down to them to evidence that claim, not expect others to do the work for them.
alexuk wrote:
Is it just Playstations or are Steam Decks a problem too?
Nonsense
Nonsense
“The victim, a man in his 30s
“The victim, a man in his 30s, was holding his Giant bike while stood outside garages on Grange Crescent”. I wonder who had stood him there and why? 🙂
They probably brought it back
They probably brought it back because it was to big for them to ride and everybody would know who’s it was.