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12-18-10, 08:20 AM #1
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No action against farmer who accidentally shot burglars
BBC News - No action against farmer who accidentally shot burglars
More at link.An Essex farmer who accidentally shot and wounded two burglars raiding a cannabis farm he did not know existed will not face police action.
Edward Tibbs, 62, woke in the early hours of 19 August at his 650-acre arable farm in Crays Hill, Billericay, and went out on his mobility scooter.
He said he fired three times, aiming at a fox trying to steal geese.
However, he hit two men trying to break into an outhouse he had rented out, which contained a secret drugs factory.
The men suffered gunshot wounds to their backs and legs and hospital doctors contacted police.
Later in the day a team of police marksmen, accompanied by a police helicopter, arrested Mr Tibbs on suspicion of attempted murder.
LOL - a mobility scooter if it wasn't so serious it would be even funnier."all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing" Edmund Burke.
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12-18-10, 09:09 AM #2
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Epic covert approach fail by the gardeners.....A common mistake made when trying to come up with a totally foolproof design is to completely underestimate the innate ingenuity of fools.
The last thing I want to do is hurt you but it's still there on my list of options, so are you coming quietly.........?
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12-18-10, 10:27 AM #3
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Hahahahaha!!!!
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12-18-10, 01:03 PM #4
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However, he hit two men trying to break into an outhouse he had rented out, which contained a secret drugs factory.
Photo Courtesy of Wisconsin Dept. of TourismSI VIS PACEM PARA BELLUM-Ex-Sheriff Martin Howe to Will Kane in "High Noon"
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12-18-10, 02:34 PM #5
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12-18-10, 04:35 PM #6
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Good for him!
Still a mite chagrined he had to make up a fox story to shoot intruders, but I'm glad it worked.
Over here, he'd have been better off just saying they were burglars and he shot 'em.I'm your huckleberry...
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You can be the weapon, and the gun in your hand is a tool - or the gun is a weapon and you are the tool.
I was looking for a saint who was a devil of a lover,
but every girl I found was either one way or the other...
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