0bserver Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 It seems the DOI left valuable metal cable discarded on the road side overnight and now it's been stolen. Very careless use of taxpayers money by the railways. The police are always reminding the GMP to take care of valuables. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Apparently there is no crime on the Isle of Man. Gary Roberts Chief Constable says it’s fallen. I am afraid in this instance, unless the police go around every scrapyard then it may have disappeared. Meanwhile the DOI are just lazy, it could have been removed by them for safe keeping, but I’m sure they were probably watching the time - knocking off time! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 To be fair it would be reasonable to assume it wouldn't be nicked if just left overnight and they didn't have the means to take it back to a depot. Baldrine is hardly inner city Liverpool. Sometimes criminality happens, unfortunately.. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 There'd have been considerable weight in that. Once it's stripped and cut up it'll be difficult to prove where it came from... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 12 minutes ago, Lxxx said: To be fair it would be reasonable to assume it wouldn't be nicked if just left overnight and they didn't have the means to take it back to a depot. Baldrine is hardly inner city Liverpool. Sometimes criminality happens, unfortunately.. A little thought and ingenuity would have got the cable to the depot. Opportunity knocks if someone saw that cable lying on the verge and you can’t blame them. Besides whoever took it (on a main road) would need transport and manpower, obviously it didn’t stop them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Is it like the nicked scoreboard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eris Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 "Inside" job? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 200m of copper cable will have considerable value, maybe the public could also be advised of the purchase cost - they paid for it. In the current economic climate, opportunist theft is likely to be on the up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 (edited) Maybe they should search Douglas Barber shops!!! 🤫 😃 Only joking! Edited July 21, 2022 by Kopek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Don't bring Willie Black into this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 I didn't, you did, you nark! 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtleish Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 The scrap yards here won't touch over head cable. It will be in a van to Liverpool, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbnuts Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Someone got themselves organised pretty quick. Had to be a Hiab or digger with forks as they would be some weight. Also a wagon to shift it. Opportunist or what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarley Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Eris said: "Inside" job? 11 minutes ago, Numbnuts said: Someone got themselves organised pretty quick. Had to be a Hiab or digger with forks as they would be some weight. Also a wagon to shift it. Opportunist or what. Yup. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monasqueen Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Maybe the guy with the overheight lorry came back and took it, to help pay for the fine he will (hopefully) get for destroying the railway infrastructure. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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