Cable thief fried

[Dedworth]

These are the horrific burns sustained by a suspected copper cable thief during an alleged botched robbery.

The pictures, released by police, show the horrific injuries the 20-year-old suspect suffered after apparently trying to steal cable from a metering premises.

Police said the man and a 16-year-old accomplice broke into the empty building, in Luton, Bedfordshire, but didn't realise the wires were still live until they suffered a powerful electric shock.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2175174/Suspected-cable-thief-suffers-horrific-burns-alleged-botched-attempt-strip-copper-disused-metering-station.html#ixzz20ySV6AJ8

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/07/18/article-2175174-1419419E000005DC-364_468x519.jpg

Treated at taxpayers expense by the NHS :cwm23:

[imagine]

i think thats adequate punishment, i very much doubt they will go back for second helpings:Cuckoo:

[grahamw48]

Shame they didn't lose the use of their thieving hands.

[Arthur Little]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/07/18/article-2175174-1419419E000005DC-364_468x519.jpg

:yikes: ... shocking! They should think black-burning shame of themselves!!

[Dedworth]

He's now a paid up member of The Black Hand Gang :D

[Rory]

i think thats adequate punishment, i very much doubt they will go back for second helpings:Cuckoo:

Personally i think people that was stealing cable, manhole covers, lead of roofs and other similar acts should be punished a lot more than they currently are. For a few pounds they are putting many peoples lives at risk. :cwm23::cwm23:

[grahamw48]

Totally agree mate.

They're a bloody menace. :angry:

[Terpe]

It's he's own 'volt'
He should know 'Watt' he's doing
Better he will stay at 'Ohm'

:D:D

Sorry couldn't 'resist'

[grahamw48]

:appl:

Come on Arthur. :D

[imagine]

Personally i think people that was stealing cable, manhole covers, lead of roofs and other similar acts should be punished a lot more than they currently are. For a few pounds they are putting many peoples lives at risk. :cwm23::cwm23:

of course they should, i was remarking on the damage to his hands , he has that pain and scares for life , burns, are not a short lived thing unlike a broken bone or cut,
a life long reminder, play with fire you get burnt,
there isnt any legal punishment can match that

[Dedworth]

Personally i think people that was stealing cable, manhole covers, lead of roofs and other similar acts should be punished a lot more than they currently are. For a few pounds they are putting many peoples lives at risk. :cwm23::cwm23:

I fully agree should be something like minimum 5 years jail, a lot of the perpetrators are P1keys or Romanians