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Default Thieves stole SIX MILES of copper wiring worth £700,000
And they only got short sentences ....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...l-network.html
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Default Thieves stole SIX MILES of copper wiring worth £700,000
On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 01:27:49 -0800 (PST), CJB
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And they only got short sentences ....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...l-network.html

It is about time someone introduced an equivalent of the Scots Law
offence of culpable and reckless conduct into English Law for offences
such as this which involve more than just simple theft or damage.
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And they only got short sentences ....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...l-network.html

Ha!

"And they only got short sentences ...." is a short sentence, even if you
shouldn't (allegedly) start a sentence with a conjunction.
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Default Thieves stole SIX MILES of copper wiring worth £700,000
A sensible CPS would have extruded the copper into about a hundred
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On Fri, 1 Feb 2013 10:30:40 -0800 (PST), Offramp
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A sensible CPS would have extruded the copper into about a hundred
miles before prosecuting them.

You are confusing copper with dope, maybe ?
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