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Thief rides off with red rug



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Published Date: 08 September 2008
A THIEF on a bike snatched a rug from outside a carpet warehouse in Brighouse.
The man rode off with his haul – a red rug measuring 4ft x 5ft on display outside Direct Carpets on Bethel Street.

A nearby trader saw the cyclist take the piece of carpet on Thursday at 1.30pm.

She said he tried to take other rugs but they were too heavy so he settled for a lighter one. "He put the mat on his bicycle and rode off," she said.

Direct Carpets owner Ken Higgins was in the back of the store when it happened.

Police have appealed for anybody who saw a young man on a pushbike with a red rug to contact them on 0845 6060606 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.



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  • Last Updated: 08 September 2008 10:30 AM
  • Source: Evening Courier
  • Location: Halifax
 
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Hellfire,

08/09/2008 10:49:19
Our Success in Cycling at the Olympics has surely inspired the thieving scroatbags of our society to train at the Velodrome.

Mark my words this wont be the last of it!
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the g-stringed avenger,

Hanging out 08/09/2008 11:08:42
Well I mean.

Was it by any chance a magic carpet he flew away with?

Is there an Arabian connection? At least the pie gang have been ruled out.
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yorkshirepudding,

tod 08/09/2008 11:50:54
it weren't dave up valley cos i dont think he has a bike. But can someone tell me - the witness watched him choose the on ehe was stealing - how about a citizens arrest.....?
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Hellfire,

08/09/2008 12:00:45
I guess she didn't want to get involed and get stabbed or something.

OR maybe she was busy at the time stealing a television from across the road or beating up a bus driver.
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schizo,

08/09/2008 12:00:55
3. Why should the general public have to risk their safety? Maybe more police on the streets would help instead of cutting their numbers back and loading them with paperwork?
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yorkshirepudding,

08/09/2008 12:07:16
well it's a bit of a slow news day as far as i'm concerned...
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yorkshirepudding,

08/09/2008 12:09:04
oh and about risking ones life - c'mon it's a rug thief on a bike - get a life. The story is a joke, i am sure that more interesting things have happenned in calderdale this weekend.... But that would mean a bit of imaginative reporting eh?
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Farang,

08/09/2008 12:19:42
Pudds, yes the 4x4 story! it's not just a day to day Land Rover IT"S A 4x4. What good Headlines?????
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yorkshirepudding,

tod 08/09/2008 12:21:06
well little red riding rug is cheap and they are stringing along the elland story now....
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yorkshirepudding,

tod 08/09/2008 12:23:30
aye - the land rover story they have tried to make that sound like the crime of the century too. Slow slow slow.....
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