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Thieves target shop staff
9:57am Friday 10th February 2012 in Rayleigh / Rochford
SHOP staff are being warned to be careful, because phone thieves are on the prowl.
Officers are searching fro two women of Eastern European appearance who are believed to be stealing phones and iPods.
The black and silver IPod Classic, valued at £180, was taken from a staff member’s unattended handbag in the rear of a ladies clothing and accessories shop in Spa Road on Tuesday, January 17.
Two women of similar appearance were also spotted after an Iphone was stolen from a health and beauty salon in the Main Road, Hockley on Thursday, January 19.
Police have One woman distracted a member of staff the other took the mobile phone. The women were seen to leave the area in a silver BMW Series 5 saloon with a man at the wheel. They are described as being aged between 21 and 40, with black hair worn in a ponytail.
One was about 1.55m tall and wore a red three-quarter length coat; the other was approximately 1.65m tall and wore a grey jacket.
Officers are investigating possible links between the two incidents, and with other reports of similar offences in Rayleigh and other parts of south east Essex.
Comments(15)
Hullbridge Resident
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3:11pm Fri 10 Feb 12
Alekhine
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3:52pm Fri 10 Feb 12
Hullbridge Resident wrote:Most people under 30 years old do, maybe you should move with the times, after all the meter has been with us since 1974.
1.55m and approximately 1.65m tall - and most people know what this equates too do they?
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Kids can tell you how long a meter is but not how long 3foot 3 inches is.
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jolllyboy
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5:00pm Fri 10 Feb 12
metre not meter. !
doasilikey
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8:10pm Fri 10 Feb 12
My friend Mincer tells me that he often beats his meter (sic) but that doing so makes no difference.
4 inches remains 4 inches. I have advised him that it would be best to stick to the Imperial measurement as if converted it would sound smaller.
So- how tall were these villains?
Pikey111
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10:10pm Fri 10 Feb 12
doasilikey wrote:1.55 and 1.65m and one of them was wairing a 75% length coat. Least thats the jist of it.
I don't understand why the Imperial measure could not have been put in parenthesis beside the metric.
My friend Mincer tells me that he often beats his meter (sic) but that doing so makes no difference.
4 inches remains 4 inches. I have advised him that it would be best to stick to the Imperial measurement as if converted it would sound smaller.
So- how tall were these villains?
APR
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11:28am Sat 11 Feb 12
Out of 200 students questioned, 199 gave their answers in imperial measurements.
Regarding phone thefts, it's happening everywhere. Our Nephew was attacked in Liverpool, when someone tried to grab his phone.
The Cater Wood Creeper
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10:36am Sun 12 Feb 12
Bacardi boy
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4:54pm Sun 12 Feb 12
alimac69
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10:12am Mon 13 Feb 12
Alekhine wrote:1.55m means absolutely nothing to me and I was brought up in the 70s so should know metric measurements.
Hullbridge Resident wrote: 1.55m and approximately 1.65m tall - and most people know what this equates too do they?Most people under 30 years old do, maybe you should move with the times, after all the meter has been with us since 1974. . Kids can tell you how long a meter is but not how long 3foot 3 inches is. .
ryancavalier
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3:33pm Mon 13 Feb 12
save southend
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6:50pm Mon 13 Feb 12
alimac69 wrote:I have employed young people for site work and they dont understand either , reading and writing is also beyond them , so your age is not relevant just depends how thick you are , the easy rule is dont try to convert learn both I work in metric and imperial its not hard
Alekhine wrote:1.55m means absolutely nothing to me and I was brought up in the 70s so should know metric measurements.
Hullbridge Resident wrote: 1.55m and approximately 1.65m tall - and most people know what this equates too do they?Most people under 30 years old do, maybe you should move with the times, after all the meter has been with us since 1974. . Kids can tell you how long a meter is but not how long 3foot 3 inches is. .
see what i mean
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9:33pm Mon 13 Feb 12
zaedlo
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8:19pm Fri 17 Feb 12
APR wrote:Liverpool ! surely not ?
They did a survey about 5 years ago, asking university graduates their weight and height.
Out of 200 students questioned, 199 gave their answers in imperial measurements.
Regarding phone thefts, it's happening everywhere. Our Nephew was attacked in Liverpool, when someone tried to grab his phone.
leigh-my-town
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4:35pm Sun 19 Feb 12
Brunning999 says...
3:07pm Fri 10 Feb 12
Call me racist mincemeat or whatever you want the fact is all I ever see and hear is the term Eastern European.
And like many from the commonwealth that have settled here and have greatly contributed they are also fed up with this endless stream of criminality, and being accused of racism if we DARE mention the two words.