Bear with me just one moment ... I need to pass this through the credibility machine ...
Bip. Bip. Bip. Beeeeeeep.

Nope. It's bollocks.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:20, 2 replies)

As tall tales go, this one barely warrants a kick stool,
so I'm going to let it pass.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:32, closed)

Exactly, it's not even that great a story
Why would someone lie? Oh wait...QOTW...sorry.
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:43, closed)

Is it really that unbelievable?
Well it did happen, there's not really much more I can say than that!
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:41, closed)

Selling stuff they'd nicked themselves in a shop? Really?
Bip bip bip. Beeeeeep.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:58, closed)

erm....yes
Why is so difficult to believe? This sort of thing happens every day all over the world! Oh well.
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:05, closed)

Jack The (Two)Hat(s)

(McChinaman banned, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:17, closed)

Because it doesn't.
Thieves use fences as middle men and have done for centuries.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:24, closed)

Ummmmm
Lots of stolen goods find their way into shops. Usually secondhand shops in shit areas. Run by blokes with dodgy mates.

Just sayin' like
( Wet-chinned bag shanker Cannot parse Wogan, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:42, closed)

Yes.
That's what I just said. Only without the passive aggressive "ummmm"
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:51, closed)

I'd have thought in this case 'Vic' was the fence and his 'crew' were the thieves.
( Wet-chinned bag shanker Cannot parse Wogan, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 11:07, closed)

I read it as some crew did the stealing
and Two Hats was the fence.
( Peej, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:53, closed)

I heard Two hats stole fences in Crewe.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:56, closed)

All thieves? None are dumb enough to sell through their own outlets? I'm surprised at that.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:58, closed)

Dunno. You'd have to be pretty fucking stupid even by dodgy scally standards.
Fencing means thieves only have the dodgy stuff for as short a time as possible and the seller can plead "bought it off some nondescript bloke in the pub, honest officer".

Selling stuff you've nicked in your own shop would be irish-level stoopid.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 11:10, closed)

Wouldn't Welsh level be worse?

( The Mock Turtle ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 11:31, closed)

I was only considering human beings.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 11:37, closed)