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Burglar Gives Himself Away by Writing Name in Graffiti |
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Written by Staff Writer
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Sep 07, 2007 at 02:10 PM |
According to police, a burglar who ransacked a campsite in England gave himself away by writing his name in graffiti on a wall nearby. The 18-year-old boy wrote on the wall “Peter Addison was here!” with a black marker after him and an accomplice burglarized the campsite.
The boy also put in graffiti the name of his gang on the wall, “The Adlington Massiv,” and also wrote the words “R Gay” after “Garden Birds of Britain” on a poster. As a result police were able to locate Peter Addison on their computers fairly quickly.
In response to the crime by Peter Addison and his accomplice Mark Ridgeway, Inspector Gareth Woods said, “This crime is up there with the dumbest of all in the criminal league table,” and that “there are some pretty stupid criminals around but to leave your own name at the scene of the crime takes the biscuit. The daftness of this lad certainly made our job a lot easier.”
Addison has been sentenced to 12 month conditional discharge and has to pay a total of about $1500. His accomplice, Mark Ridgeway, has to do 60 hours of non-paying labor, a community order for about 12 months and has to pay a total of about $40.
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