John Bennett
02-17-2005, 13:35
I love this kind of ironic justice...
http://w3.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/story.asp?StoryID=69201
Burglar snared by computer webcam
THIS picture shows the moment bungling burglar Benjamin Park was captured on a computer camera - and his career of crime was brought to a halt.
http://w3.cambridge-news.co.uk/repository/news/pictures/7230.gifGotcha: Webcam pictures of Park
Park smashed his way into a Cambridge home and stole equipment worth almost £4,000 while on bail for a previous attempted burglary.
But homeowner Duncan Grisby snared him on a webcam and the pictures were posted on the internet, showing the burglar in action.
...Victoria Perkins, prosecuting, said Mr Grisby had been a victim of burglary a few years ago and had installed a motion-activated security camera in his computer.
There was also a back up system so if the computer was stolen the captured images would be transferred to his private website.
Police eventually tracked down Park, who has 33 previous convictions of theft [What the heck was this guy doing walking the streets??! -jb], to Kingsway Flats in Cambridge where he tried to escape by climbing over the balcony on February 10.
Park showed no emotion as he was sentenced to a total of 11 months in jail [?!?! -jb], six months for the attempted burglary in Ely and five months for the one in Gilmerton Court.
Det Sgt Al Page, who leads Cambridgeshire police's burglary squad in Cambridge, paid tribute to Mr Grisby's computer knowledge.
"It made our job really easy and it was a pleasure to see the expression on his face when we showed him the pictures as we interviewed him," he said.
http://w3.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/story.asp?StoryID=69201
Burglar snared by computer webcam
THIS picture shows the moment bungling burglar Benjamin Park was captured on a computer camera - and his career of crime was brought to a halt.
http://w3.cambridge-news.co.uk/repository/news/pictures/7230.gifGotcha: Webcam pictures of Park
Park smashed his way into a Cambridge home and stole equipment worth almost £4,000 while on bail for a previous attempted burglary.
But homeowner Duncan Grisby snared him on a webcam and the pictures were posted on the internet, showing the burglar in action.
...Victoria Perkins, prosecuting, said Mr Grisby had been a victim of burglary a few years ago and had installed a motion-activated security camera in his computer.
There was also a back up system so if the computer was stolen the captured images would be transferred to his private website.
Police eventually tracked down Park, who has 33 previous convictions of theft [What the heck was this guy doing walking the streets??! -jb], to Kingsway Flats in Cambridge where he tried to escape by climbing over the balcony on February 10.
Park showed no emotion as he was sentenced to a total of 11 months in jail [?!?! -jb], six months for the attempted burglary in Ely and five months for the one in Gilmerton Court.
Det Sgt Al Page, who leads Cambridgeshire police's burglary squad in Cambridge, paid tribute to Mr Grisby's computer knowledge.
"It made our job really easy and it was a pleasure to see the expression on his face when we showed him the pictures as we interviewed him," he said.