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At The Back => The Dressing Room => Topic started by: Stevepage on February 28, 2008, 08:13:30 PM
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I was walking home from seeing my girlfriend tuesday night and I got to my front door and some utter c*** mugged me.
He pulled my hair and put something to my throat and had to give my phone and wallet (but not my debit card luckily). Me and the rest of my family went running after him to catch him but we couldn't find him. If we did he would of been left for dead, especially seeing the look on my dad's face.
I've never been so angry before ever. I'm now trying to avoid walking back home in the evenings and I haven't even walked out of the house on my own since it happened.
Any one else experienced the same thing? what did you do to get on with it?
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Sorry to hear that. I watched my mom get mugged by some crack head in Atlanta when I was about 10 years old. I guess that's just how it is these days. :(
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Sorry to hear that mate, that's really shitee.
I was with a mate who got mugged once, by a gang of about 8 chavs. They just asked for the £60 in my mates wallet nicely- didn't need to threaten him with a knife or anything as the presence of all of them told us all we needed to know basically.
Another mate of mine got held up just like you described, in Camden, in daylight! Some geezer held a knife to his throat and pulled him into an alley where his mate was waiting. They took his phone and some cash. He was really shaken up by it, took him a while to get back to his old self. No tips for how to deal with it unfortunately- just got to put it behind you!
:cry: :evil:
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shite, sounds bad, I have lost my phone a couple of days ago, and I am pissed off enough about that. (would have thought that it being a rather selective school that there would be some decency, esp in 6th form block - dodgy new lot of lower lot)
Cousin got mugged in MK, sounds like a horrible experience. Do you get insurance and that from it?
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Yeah my phone was insured. Got a new one (upgrade to a Sony K550i). Only had to pay £20 excess on the insurance so that's great. Old phone was blocked and the Sim was blocked.
He didn't get any cash so I hope he's pissed off about it. My phone was quite old and knackered looking any way so he couldn't of even sold it off really. So he got nothing, I got a new phone, two days off work and he's got a hell of alot of trouble looking for him. HA!
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So on the whole, it was about as good as mugging can be! Nice one man. :lol: :D
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Sorry to hear about that. Must have been a horrible experience. Glad to hear though that there was maybe some silver lining to the cloud though
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i'm really sorry to hear that. never been mugged myself, but i can imagine it's not much fun.
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at least he didn't get much off you. :)
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Closest I came was a guy who confronted me in a subway on my way home from work (not the take away), pushed me over. Luckily his mate pulled him off me or I'd have been in trouble. Scared the shite out of me. As for getting over it, you don't really, but you have to just carry on anyway, if you live in fear then the ***kers win.
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its never happened to me. it used to be because i have the advantage of looking a lot harder than i really am (only to people that dont know me, it wears off after i open my mouth)
.. now its because i know most of the people that are likely to do mugging around were i live.. probably taught most of them as well
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what a tosser - I advocate the pink guantanamo suit and 10 yrs working for the chain gang for such like. Apparently such punishment is in breach of human rights law. Actually I think conscription should be a punishment for street crime. Let the Taliban teach the scum a few lessons on the Helmand Province front line (if we send 17 year old squaddies there, how can it be in breach of useless crims human rights?)
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Hey mate;
I got assaulted on a street one night. The next morning I went back and specifically walked over the same area. Get rid of the negative anchors. Reclaim that place from the bad memories. Worked for me, might help work for you. Go walk around the area in daytime, get comfortable there.
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Well it wasn't a "to-the-throat" experience. But family did shopping whilst in Bristol or somewhere like that, in a hotel. Parked at the car park. Slept a night. Went back to the car.
Window smashed open, none of the stuff except my stuff were taken.
So I was fairly pissed off. I hope he dies whoever he is. Hotel security for the $%&#ing lame too.
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Sorry to hear about this Steve - glad you escaped with only shaken nerves.
I assume you reported it to the police - did you get a look at the guy?
One of my friends deliberately carries two wallets - one with hardly anything in - maybe a fiver , a couple of used travelcards, a couple of old supermarket loyalty cards to look like credit cards and a random photo etc.
The other one has his real stuff in
that way if he gets mugged/asked for your wallet - he hands over the empty one.
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Ouch man :( i've never been mugged myself, i dunno why, i'm 6"1 and i dunno, chunky build?
though i do get bad vibes about streets and always avoid those and go another way around.
Hope you catch the b@st@rd!
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In '94 me and a friend just got stoned after a party my band played, went to get some beer at the closeby beer store in cracktown, and as we walked out with our beer and spare change, we see two guys 25 yards off approaching us, then all of a sudden on us, just as I was about to give them a peaceful "hippi vibe "what's up!" Bam! we were both stabbed in the back from the front before even demanding our money. I mean all they had to do was demand it beore stabbing, and I would have handed my 6-pack and $3 change to the $%&#er!
So me and Rob G had a stab wound in the exact same place very close to the spine and organs(kidney, spleen) , mine was a little deeper.. spent the night in th hospital, both of us. I was very untrusting of Everyone walking down the street in broad daylight after that for a long time, of even the kindest looking hippy chick.... I even attribute my four year bout of bipolarness to that, so dude... talk to some pros about this soon. It really can do something to your head... . And Everyone be careful and aware of your surrondings. Ironically, Me and my friend Rob G both agree, that sometimes it's not safety in numbers, cuz we were shootin the shite and not payin attention, whereas, when I went that way home by myself late at night, I was super awaranoid.... Sorry for the long post, but it's a story... By the way, God was the only way i got over the depression... P.M me if need be
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Sorry to hear about that Steve. I was mugged as a 12 year old by 2 brave 16 or 17 year olds but still felt bad for years.I felt worse when my son got attacked by a gang of chavs on his way home from work. Mrs 38th stopped me from going after them and so we left it to the police(as she suggested) and they failed to catch them even though we were able to give names etc. Very frustrating! I guess the only thing I can say, cold comfort I know, is that it seems to be a hazard of life and you are not alone.
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Truely sorry to hear that Steve
What I will say is pretty lame, but don't let it hit your condidence. The event is bad but don't let it cause you to avoid anything you would normaly do.
Both my 13 year old son and myself where attacked last year (different incidents) and it's suprising how much you can end up altering your behavour without realising it.
Personally I tend to carry next to nothing in my wallet (oyster card and the like when I was in London), stuff like money and 'real cards' where scattered through a multitude of pockets, as nobody would have the time to get everything
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i got randomly beaten by two random pikeys last year i think. One held me and hit me round the face, and the other beat me with a plank of wood with nails sticking out of it.
I've never told anyone (for obvious reasons) but i went back a few nights later and set fire to their boat. take that $%&#ers.
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LOL at the boat burning Indy. :lol: :twisted:
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Sorry to hear about everyones experiences, never been mugged but my mates have, luckily none of them were physically hurt due to the muggings though. Some people just make me sick...
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Although I'm not a little guy, I used to have some little knobs that lived near me and used to try and beat me up a lot (I was about 17 at the time). One day 3 of them set about me, so I kept my head down, got a bit of a kicking and went home. About 5 minutes later, me, my bro, my old man and my next door neighbour went down there and kicked 7 shades out of the lot of them. Sometimes it's the only language they understand. They left me alone after that.
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Ouch man :( i've never been mugged myself, i dunno why, i'm 6"1 and i dunno, chunky build?
though i do get bad vibes about streets and always avoid those and go another way around.
Hope you catch the b@st@rd!
means nothing really.. im 6'5 and one night on the way home from work.. (when i worked in a night club) i got my head smashed up by 3 guys and a brick.. 2 guys held me down and one smahsed my head in.. can happen to anyone, it was in a pretty nasty area of huddersfield tho.
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I got a savage kicking in a (dodgy, cheap) Belfast Takeaway not too long ago (for locals: It's that one, yes, and somehow I managed to get battered in the 15 seconds of the year there isn't at least one Cop in it), and it really wrecked my head for a long time. What made it worse was that we were drinking in the (pretty rough) bar across the road, which I didn't want to go into, as it has something of a rep for random violence. Got through the rough pub, to get decked in a chippy.
I was there with three girls, minding my own business, when eight spidey gits pummelled me, got a phone, wallet etc. all that kit. Feckers even took my fags. Not nice at all, and everyone in the place (it was packed, pub closing time, was predictably rendered blind, because some of those responsible were apparently the spawn of local paramilitaries.
On a cheerier note, some years back, I was on the end of the worst muggers ever. I had left work, and was dandering through a fairly "edgy" bit of town on my way to meet the ads in the pub. I'd had a good lift in the bookies that day. Suddenly, a wee skite of a lad, not one inch over five foot appears.
"Gi's yer wallet, Mister" (ye can't fault belfast hoods. They at least adress you politely)
"Look, son, away home before I slap ye"
"Seersly, gi's yer wallet, now"
"Lad, piss off. If you want it, take it"
"Right, houl on there, Ah'm gonna get me brother. He'll take it aff ye"
Obviously, I waited patiently for his return.
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Steve sorry to hear what happened to you and you others too. It's best not to dwell on these things and move on as your mind can get really nasty! I used to have to put up with all kinds of shite when I was dispatch riding in London. I had plenty of fights but it's not good which ever way you look at it but chinning one of these c*nts and seeing them go down is just so nice.
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Sorry to hear these stories, Steve and everyone else :( . Can't add much, I've never been mugged myself; I've been threatened a few times and got in one or two very minor scuffles, but nothing worse than that (touch wood...). Which is surprising, in a way, as I'm small and probaby have "Victim" written on my head in big letters. I have to admit I feel pretty scared most of the time travelling around in London, and I'm very wary - even of people who are a bit loud and pissed up, but probably totally harmless.
Why are there so many people who go around constantly wanting to $%&#up other people's lives? I just can't understand it. :?
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Really sorry to hear about this, after reading all the posts on the boards I must admit I'm quite shocked such bad things have happened to you all.
I got all my prized guitar equipment stolen a while back which was horrible, went to little chef and when i came out they had done my window and stolen my top of the range ibanez jem, a load of vintage ada gear and lexicon effects unit. For some reason I had a filofax with all my personal history with me(birth certificate etc) and they took that too so for about 2 weeks I had no Identity I was seriousley gutted.
The mad thing was my mum rang my mobile phone which had been taken by the criminal and he answered, she asked where I was and he said I had gone out for a bit!!!
What annoyed me the most though was that the police wouldn't even come out they treated the whole incident like it was nothing, I have no faith in the police to this day useless buggers.
Was months without a guitar and luckily got insurance in the end so managed to replace the gear with similar stuff.
I wish I could find out who that guy was even to this day it makes me angry.
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:D Very sorry to hear the news. All muggers should be shot !
:D 8)
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One of my friends deliberately carries two wallets - one with hardly anything in - maybe a fiver , a couple of used travelcards, a couple of old supermarket loyalty cards to look like credit cards and a random photo etc.
The other one has his real stuff in
that way if he gets mugged/asked for your wallet - he hands over the empty one.
That's a really good idea, never thought of that. It's definitely something that I might do.
I'm of the 6'2" and kinda hard looking variety (short hair, grumpy face), but I'm still mindful of walking around in London after dark, particularly after a few beers. In fact, I tend to limit how much I drink, mainly because of the potential threats. I'm a black belt in kung fu, but know enough to stay as far away from potential trouble spots as I can.
But muggings in "safe places" in daylight? What the hell are you gonna do?
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Seems to be loads of scum around.
Me and a friend were walking along in town minding our own business then about 30 chavs walked past my friend and shoulder barged him. So we kept on walking then we looked behind us and they were following us. One of them walked up to my friend and said "Why did you shoulder barge me?" and hit him then his friend said "Why did you shoulder barge my friend?" and hit him again. It was pathetic and everyone just stared!! Obviously I can't bring the pain against 30 people so there wasn't much I could do. Funny how they pick on my small friend and not me (6ft and quite broad). ####!!s.
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I could see things going this way in our country back in the 90's. With each generation a higher proportion of them are feral scumbags. :idea: I've always thought it will end in a case of having to fight fire with fire. Not sure exactly how that thought will pan out but if it's the will of a future government to fix it then it's going to get even worse first. Delightful eh! :?
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I've been pleasantly surprised that I've not had any trouble so far living in the dodgy end of Brum. Not once has anyone even been discourteous to me in the least. Beggars are the only people who've tried taking me money.
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a friend of mine got robbed at gun point, promptly left the area, and i haven't heard from him in two years :(
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Firstly I'm really sorry to hear about this, and I know exatly how it feels, makes you feel hopeless and powerless. I have been very lucky regarding this recently, but I got mugged twice when I was only 10 and then again by the same scumbag when I was 12, via knife to the throat both times. It made me a much stronger person, lets put it that way! the trauma of these incident left me paralysed with fear, so much so that I barely talked for years and years, in fact music is the only thing that saved me through my teenage years!!! I did finally get over it, but it caused a chain reaction of fear, you really should read 'Feal The Fear and Do It Anyway' by Susan Jeffers, incredible book, especially in hard times.
Life can be incredibly difficult at times!
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Very sorry to hear about that Steve.
My brother walked in on burglars in our house last month. He was held at knifepoint while the burglars took my laptop and games and cash. Even though they wear wearing balaclavas he could tell that one of them was black and the other white, both around 20. When I told my mate who has some chav friends about it he recognised the description and told me about a rumour that two guys that recently got out of prison was doing houses over around our area. He told me their names and which area they were from. I promptly called police but they decided to take no action. Basically told me they can't do anything about it. I lost faith in the police that night.
Oh and someone stole my bank details this week and spent about £500 with it. Thankfully the bank (Lloyds tsb) was sympathetic and told me they'd refund me. I never give out bank details to strangers and never type in the card number unless it's a secure server but it still happened. Be careful everyone!
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sorry to hear ALL these stories. It makes me mad and sad at same time that it has come to this.
As for the Police. My Grandfather was Chief Super in Wales and did'nt stand ANY shitee. But nowadays with the advent of CCTV (yeah THAT stops violence dos'nt it! feckers!) and poor Police pay/recruiting and constraints, it seem's to be the Wild West (somewhat odd as I now reside in texas myself and it aint like that here). However, whilst my father was dying at home my mum was getting nuisance phonecalls from a kid left at home. When I dealt with it the Police were very helpful and caught the lil shitee and did the parents. I guess some has to do with local, as we live in deep countryside.
I myself have never been so unlucky (yet) but HAVE been in WAY the wrong place worse for wear. Wether it is luck or moving with a def. purpose I dunno. I am not gigantor at 6'1 and 195lbs so dunno.
Here in US, where many think crime runs riot, I have seen even less issues (it usually stays in it's hole, i.e. is not random, save those silly suicide feckers who insist on taking others with em). I have a concealed carry permit and have handguns but usually do not carry. I am a trained shot and take it VERY seriously, i.e. would not lose 1 sec of sleep if necessary, but simply do not feel the need to carry it alot.
Chavs are a modern phenom I guess as have only heard of them since being over here. When I was growing up it was always the local council estate loonies.
Anyway, please be vigilent out there and remember to take care and take heed of this 'it's better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6'