Serial Burglar Caught on Webcam

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday February 17, 2005 @03:09AM from the watch-what-you're-doing dept.

Metatron writes "The BBC is reporting about a serial burlgar caught after images recorded by a webcam were automatically emailed to an outside server. The evidence was made available to the police even though the computer itself had been stolen! This is also discussed on the victims own web site and the local newspaper in Cambridge." From the article: "I was relieved it did what I'd intended it to when I was burgled again. It was nice to catch him in the act - but it didn't stop him from stealing my things."

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Re:British Court system is FAST! by 91degrees · 2005-02-17 03:24 · Score: 5, Insightful

Yeah, but if the guy who set up the webcam had actually been in the house and tried to stop the burglar, he'd be the one in jail, at least until recently.

Only if he'd, say, tied him up and set fire to him, or shot him dead when he was running away.

You are allowed to use reasonable force to repel intruders, and always have been.