Craig 6707 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 A suspected car thief who spent 20 hours on a rooftop was delivered cigarettes and a KFC meal - because police wanted to protect his human rights. The 27-year-old climbed up a drain pipe and refused to come down from the three-storey house in Gloucester for the rest of the day. He clambered onto the roof following a police pursuit of a vehicle from Cheltenham to Gloucester. Police cordoned off the area in Midland Road as the man dismantled a chimney and hurled bricks at officers and passers-by. Residents had to be moved from nearby houses for their own safety as the situation became increasingly dangerous. But, to their amazement, police later used a cherry-picker to send a Kentucky Fried Chicken takeaway to the man. He was first given a pack of cigarettes and a can of Pepsi, but the drink was refused and a two-litre bottle was demanded instead. Minutes later, he tucked into a family-sized KFC meal. David Dalton, who runs a nearby guest house, told the Daily Mail: "Surely they should have been starving him out - not giving him food and drink so he can stay up there as long as he likes. "But no, they used the hydraulic platform to take a KFC meal, a two-litre bottle and a packet of fags." Gloucestershire Police said although he was being a "nuisance", they still had to "look after his well-being and human rights". The stand-off ended last night when specialist negotiators finally persuaded the man to give himself up as a large crowd of spectators cheered. He is now being questioned at a local police station. The rooftop drama took place in the same street where serial killer Fred West once lived with his girlfriend Rosemary Letts, who became his wife. West's step-daughter Charmaine was murdered and buried under the kitchen floor of their home on Midland Road in 1971. Her body lay undiscovered for over 20 years. Source: http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1223944,00.html Human rights...? Shoot the fucker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Shoot a car thief, aye - righto! I'd have given him water and nowt else and waited for him to come down. Wouldn't have took long. Get some queer fuckers living in that street mind, don't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6707 Posted June 7, 2006 Author Share Posted June 7, 2006 Cheeky bastard though refusing a can of Pepsi and demanding a 2 litre bottle of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 2 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 They should have just sat down and ate their KFC - "there's plenty to go down round here mate!" whilst wafting the smells upwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Cheeky bastard though refusing a can of Pepsi and demanding a 2 litre bottle of it! 145814[/snapback] Trouble is, the police probably were bothered about the implications regarding his human rights. That is fucking bollocks obviously but you can just imagine some lawyer making that stupid argument. As soon as he refused the can of Pepsi. He shouldn't have been offered anything else. Sounds like the police handled it as well as they could under the circumstances though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11128 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 I don't understand why they didn't go up and get him? were they afraid he would jump? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 If I don't commit a crime and climb on a roof, do the law have to bring me a KFC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 I think the plan was that he would eventually die from cancer and fall off the roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 (edited) I don't understand why they didn't go up and get him? were they afraid he would jump? 145834[/snapback] Safety I would imagine. His, which has to be considered (whether you think that's right or not) and that of the police. Why should they risk potential death (remember Rod Hull? ) for some thief who isn't going anywhere? Edited June 7, 2006 by alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 47789 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 I would have refused the Pepsi and sent them away for some Diet Coke tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 I would have refused the Pepsi and sent them away for some Diet Coke tbh. 145845[/snapback] You'd have fallen through the roof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 I would have refused the Pepsi and sent them away for some Diet Coke tbh. 145845[/snapback] You'd have fallen through the roof 145851[/snapback] He wouldn't have been able to get up there in the first place tbf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 47789 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Ahhh, so it's like that is it? *adopts Gentleman Jim fighting stance* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 175 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 FFS, the should have taken the fucker down with a rubber bullet or chucked some CS at him, but no, they chuck a KFC at him, thats exactly why pricks like him think they can get away with crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11128 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Was it his house? I'd have removed things of value from it and broken them up on the street until he came down.. Or just told him about a sale on at JJB sports 90% off everything... that would have got the pikey rat bastard shimmying down the rain pipe faster than Itsy Bitsy spider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 47789 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Incey Wincey, Shirley?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Maybe they did hoy the KFC at him, those Family Buckets could do some damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 I would have refused the Pepsi and sent them away for some Diet Coke tbh. 145845[/snapback] Wouldn't have stopped at a KFC either tbh. White smarties bars an all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11128 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Incey Wincey, Shirley?! 145878[/snapback] I bow to your greater knowledge of nursery rhymes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Thought Leazes would have posted in this thread. Oh hang on, the bloke looks white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sicklee Sausage Roll 0 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Thought Leazes would have posted in this thread. Oh hang on, the bloke looks white. 146213[/snapback] He's not. I thought the love of fried chicken would be a giveaway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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