United Kingdom - A duo of thieves who took photos of themselves after stealing thousands of pounds from gambling machines have been sentenced last April 4, 2016 at the Bradford Crown Court.
Daniel Hutchinson, age 24, a resident of Damon Avenue Bradford, and Benjamin Robinson, age 29, from Harrogate Road, Bradford, thought it would be awesome to celebrate the dirty deeds they have done, and they t[...] Read more » Thieves Caught Thanks To Selfies Taken During Their Gambling Machine Robberies
To be honest they did not found them because of the damn selfies, they've find them because they did not get rid of the material evidence after the crimes were comitted. Yeah, they are lemons, but facebook has nothing to do with them being caught.
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A nice gambling machine references by the top cop on this one, shame he didn't reference the fact that they may soon be behind 'bars' as a result of their antics and that they will 'slot' right into their new lives in prison. Maybe they will get a bonus for good behaviour? Who knows.......
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I think taking selfies was not the smartest thing to do but I would hazard a guess that they were caught because when the police stopped them they were found with balaclavas and £3000 in cash......also speeding in the middle of the night was not cleverest of things to do either!!
Posted by klash23: ...also speeding in the middle of the night was not cleverest of things to do either!!
That's what I said as well. They are hardly master criminals, let alone good materials for a Bond-villain but getting caught had nothing to do with facebook nor the selfies.
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It may not have been the reason why they were caught....looks like old fashioned police work was successful though these days the first thing police do after suspecting someone of criminality is to take their phone and computers and see what they can find,so any crims out there you need to ditch your phones when you go out thieving!!
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