Thieves steal 50 fish from garden
2:44pm Wednesday 28th December 2011 in News
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A FISH owner woke up to discover about 50 koi carp had been stolen from his garden overnight.
The man found two of the fish dead on the grass of his back garden in Pendle Drive, Basildon, at 8.30am this morning (Wednesday).
Essex Police believe someone may have climbed over his fence during the night and stolen the other fish.
PC Marek Jaworski said: “We will be conducting house-to-house enquiries, but in order to quickly identify who the culprits are we’re appealing through the media for an initial appeal to anyone who
may have seen or heard any unusual or suspicious activity on the road overnight.”
Anyone with information about the theft can call Basildon police station on 101.
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Comments(18)
stropmag
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3:05pm Wed 28 Dec 11
I believe that Eastern Europeans have a liking for carp which is traditionally served at Christmas time. In fact I enjoyed one myself on the banks of the river Vltava in Prague some years ago. Only an observation!
Of course, the culprit could have been a greedy Pike(y)es they do eat carp too) but I guess he’d still be in the pond.
stropmag
southendshrimper
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3:29pm Wed 28 Dec 11
Sounds a bit fishy to me. Sorry bad joke I know.
southendshrimper
EX RAMPTON MAN
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3:34pm Wed 28 Dec 11
police have named the man as david platt as he has done this 2 weeks ago
EX RAMPTON MAN
Soouthchurch59
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3:51pm Wed 28 Dec 11
[quote][p][bold]stropmag[/bold] wrote:
I believe that Eastern Europeans have a liking for carp which is traditionally served at Christmas time. In fact I enjoyed one myself on the banks of the river Vltava in Prague some years ago. Only an observation!
Of course, the culprit could have been a greedy Pike(y)es they do eat carp too) but I guess he’d still be in the pond.[/p][/quote]Cat Burglar?!
Soouthchurch59
Soouthchurch59
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4:06pm Wed 28 Dec 11
Give a thief a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a thief to fish (especially in the dark) and you feed him for a lifetime.
Soouthchurch59
Brunning999
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4:13pm Wed 28 Dec 11
I saw a huge fat heron flying over the A127.
Brunning999
emcee
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4:23pm Wed 28 Dec 11
Two fish on the lawn? Sounds like a fox or cats to me. Foxes in particular can get around, over and under many obsticles to get food. They may also kill a complete stock of fish or chickens and just eat one.
emcee
leigh-my-town
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4:37pm Wed 28 Dec 11
Catch of the season for this reporter! Hope they don’t PONDer over the situation too long!
leigh-my-town
save southend
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5:32pm Wed 28 Dec 11
pc marek jaworski nice local name is at the pond now and is looking into it, could have been an east european fox , sad though as they may have been like pets to the owner , dont forget johnny foreigner eats differant to us , they are known to kill pond ducks and even swan chips and peas is on the menu
save southend
fearsiuil
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5:41pm Wed 28 Dec 11
Good job nobody in their right mind takes these “Edirors Choice” threads seriously, or
the copper investigating might find himself arrested as an “East European” suspect ( name was the only givaway)
and
the office juniors and cleaners at the paper
wouldn’t get their moment spotlighting their comedy skills that always target
travellers or anybody else the paper wants to target.
When true villains are mentioned by others, such as Lord Hanningfield, Conservative and unionist, former leader of Essex County Council, jailed and released early after fraud convictions,
we find the thread quickly removed.
Same goes for developers plans for the greenbelt. If it’s a working class area, then it seems to quite alright as far as the council is concerned.
Thread still gets removed pronto, however, as it must be a bit embarrassing for those on the Gravy Train.
fearsiuil
xxxdave
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5:43pm Wed 28 Dec 11
yet againPolice failure to catch thieves, because there arent any police patroling the streets anymore. Thanks once again Essex police service !. used to be a force, now just mere part timers. and incapable of catching criminals. just collecting statements by appointment to build a database of crime, oh how sad.
xxxdave
timmus
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6:16pm Wed 28 Dec 11
[quote][p][bold]stropmag[/bold] wrote:
I believe that Eastern Europeans have a liking for carp which is traditionally served at Christmas time. In fact I enjoyed one myself on the banks of the river Vltava in Prague some years ago. Only an observation! Of course, the culprit could have been a greedy Pike(y)es they do eat carp too) but I guess he’d still be in the pond.[/p][/quote]And yet again you have managed to sneak the P*key word into a thread, do you set out to stir up hatred or do you just think it makes you sound more popular with other posters of a similar mindset?
timmus
firedog
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6:59pm Wed 28 Dec 11
I wonder if the police have any fin” ger prints to go on.
firedog
Eutraveller
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7:05pm Wed 28 Dec 11
Probably Gilson trying to earn a few bob to pay his £400k fine.
Eastern Europeans do like carp , a big favourite. Tastes awful. Prize fish here at angling clubs are cheap as chips on the slab in Romania.
Eutraveller
resident3
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9:02pm Wed 28 Dec 11
[quote][p][bold]timmus[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]stropmag[/bold] wrote:
I believe that Eastern Europeans have a liking for carp which is traditionally served at Christmas time. In fact I enjoyed one myself on the banks of the river Vltava in Prague some years ago. Only an observation! Of course, the culprit could have been a greedy Pike(y)es they do eat carp too) but I guess he’d still be in the pond.[/p][/quote]And yet again you have managed to sneak the P*key word into a thread, do you set out to stir up hatred or do you just think it makes you sound more popular with other posters of a similar mindset?[/p][/quote]Sounds like NightnDay has a new handle!
The self-styled “anti-racist” of the forum.
****.
resident3
sweetallsorts
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9:50pm Wed 28 Dec 11
Maybe they should investigate the neighbours Rod An nette :/
sweetallsorts
muffindamule
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10:25pm Wed 28 Dec 11
[quote][p][bold]timmus[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]stropmag[/bold] wrote:
I believe that Eastern Europeans have a liking for carp which is traditionally served at Christmas time. In fact I enjoyed one myself on the banks of the river Vltava in Prague some years ago. Only an observation! Of course, the culprit could have been a greedy Pike(y)es they do eat carp too) but I guess he’d still be in the pond.[/p][/quote]And yet again you have managed to sneak the P*key word into a thread, do you set out to stir up hatred or do you just think it makes you sound more popular with other posters of a similar mindset?[/p][/quote]I fail to see the word Pikey in stropmag’s posting. As I recall, he recently said on another thread that when he says Pikey then he means Pikey. Since the word Pikey does not appear in the posting it must surely be safe to assume that he did not intend using it. I hardly think that is cause for criticism. I thought we had all agreed that the term Pikey was a perfectly legitimate one anway !
muffindamule
muffindamule
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10:37pm Wed 28 Dec 11
Have car(p), will travel ?
muffindamule
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