Attacked at Yelverton 3

[Peter Pan]

An eye for an eye and the whole world goes blind.

 

[izwozral]

Mandrake has got way with damaging their vehicle !

Bit like if someone punched him, he punched them back, it doesn't matter whether he punched back immediately or 5 minutes later or 5 days later in my book. They got what they deserved. Are you advocating turn the other cheek [no pun intended] & let them get away with it?

I can't be doing with wishy washy tactics when dealing with yobs, in my book they are yobs because they have been allowed to be.

 

[izwozral]

An eye for an eye and the whole world goes blind.

Let the yobs win & anarchy rules.

 

[trevskoda]

we had one such incident when we were parked up near ogmore by sea when we had our van . a couple of cars pulled up and the nutters inside decided it would be fun to throw eggs and tomato sauce at our van . stupid thing is they left there lights on and i got the reg number of one of the cars . a few days later i came across this car a little Citroen hatch parked up in a car park . at ogmore by sea . nobody about so a nice long screwdriver was poked a couple of times through the grill of the car and into the rad . little note under the wiper saying , the eggs and tomato sauce the other night ,you forgot the bacon . have a nice day .

might have been a mother or fathers car to which they new nothing about the ofsprings night time behavour,you if cought could have been dun for criminal damages ,i know i have been there.

 

[Peter Pan]

A lot of what has been advocated on this thread would put some in prison rather than the yobs who chucked a few eggs and tomatoes. I would suggest if some of our members would have had their finger on the Red Button we would not be be here to have this conversation.
:lol-049:

 

[Harmergeddon]

Quite right.
But what if it wasn't the yobs car that was then damaged? What if it was his mates who knew nothing about it? Or his mother's car who was totally innocent of the whole thing?

What if it was your car, stolen/recovered from a few days ago and on top of having it stolen someone comes along and damages it the day you get it back?

Eye for an eye yes, but you need to be dammed sure you're doing it to the right person.

What if the yobs in question were committing a burglary when mandrake punctured the radiator and the consequently overheating car broke down allowing the police to catch them in the act with the stolen goods??

My point being? You can just keep throwing what iffs into the debate here as there can be just as many positive ones as negative.

Feel sorry for you guys though that had your mh egged though as it must have been un settling.

 

[Sharon the Cat]

in my book they are yobs because they have been allowed to be.

Quite so :bow:

 

[izwozral]

Quite right.
But what if it wasn't the yobs car that was then damaged? What if it was his mates who knew nothing about it? Or his mother's car who was totally innocent of the whole thing?

What if it was your car, stolen/recovered from a few days ago and on top of having it stolen someone comes along and damages it the day you get it back?

Eye for an eye yes, but you need to be dammed sure you're doing it to the right person.

It might have been the purple princess in a pink wedding dress car or any of the aforementioned. Who knows?

If it was his mothers or mates car I would make the toe rag pay for any damage because he was responsible for the car whilst in his care, irrespective of the circumstances. If the car was stolen then the likely hood it would be damaged anyway & assume a leaking rad was just part of it.

None of us will know all the circumstances in this case but I still back Mandrake on this one & would likely do the same.

We ain't going to agree on this one guys. I am happy where I stand on this sort of thing & I respect your views even if I don't agree with you.

 

[izwozral]

a lot of what has been advocated on this thread would put some in prison rather than the yobs who chucked a few eggs and tomatoes. I would suggest if some of our members would have had their finger on the red button we would not be be here to have this conversation.
:lol-049:

boom

 

[Steve121]

we had one such incident when we were parked up near ogmore by sea when we had our van . a couple of cars pulled up and the nutters inside decided it would be fun to throw eggs and tomato sauce at our van . stupid thing is they left there lights on and i got the reg number of one of the cars . a few days later i came across this car a little Citroen hatch parked up in a car park . at ogmore by sea . nobody about so a nice long screwdriver was poked a couple of times through the grill of the car and into the rad . little note under the wiper saying , the eggs and tomato sauce the other night ,you forgot the bacon . have a nice day .

What beggars belief is not whether or not this actually happened, but that mandrake stated he caused criminal damage to the Citroen, thus leaving himself open to prosecution and a criminal record.

 

[Deleted member 775]

not loosing any sleep over the incident . as i doubt the lad that had a go at our van some years ago is going to complain .

 

[rockape]

Interesting !!.
You implicitly condemn minor damage to your vehicle but then you inflict more seious damage on theirs.

Whilst I understand your wish for "revenge" this is to me unacceptable retaliation..
You have behaved far worse than "Them" !

Sorry ,but I would have done the same, petty yes , but bollocks to it .

 

[Obanboy666]

we had one such incident when we were parked up near ogmore by sea when we had our van . a couple of cars pulled up and the nutters inside decided it would be fun to throw eggs and tomato sauce at our van . stupid thing is they left there lights on and i got the reg number of one of the cars . a few days later i came across this car a little Citroen hatch parked up in a car park . at ogmore by sea . nobody about so a nice long screwdriver was poked a couple of times through the grill of the car and into the rad . little note under the wiper saying , the eggs and tomato sauce the other night ,you forgot the bacon . have a nice day .

Totally out of order imho. Why didn't you contact the police ?
This is what went on in the dark ages, I would like to think society in general has progressed somewhat in the intervening years.
Two wrongs don't make a right and a person is no better than the culprit if they resort to these criminal thug like activities.

 

[Fazerloz]

we had one such incident when we were parked up near ogmore by sea when we had our van . a couple of cars pulled up and the nutters inside decided it would be fun to throw eggs and tomato sauce at our van . stupid thing is they left there lights on and i got the reg number of one of the cars . a few days later i came across this car a little Citroen hatch parked up in a car park . at ogmore by sea . nobody about so a nice long screwdriver was poked a couple of times through the grill of the car and into the rad . little note under the wiper saying , the eggs and tomato sauce the other night ,you forgot the bacon . have a nice day .

You should have done the tyres as well. :cheers:

 

[Deleted member 5816]

Did you report this Thu o the local.Police ! You ought to just to.let them be aware of things like this happening.
It could save this or worse happening again to.other motor caravans.

A sign of the time we live in we need more Mandrakes.

Alf

Hi
Just to warn you guys that's whilst staying at Yelverton 3 just north of Plymouth last Friday night the van, a VW Crafter conversion was attacked.
We had been cycling all afternoon along Drakes Trail and then visited the local pub for a drink and meal. We retired to the MH at about 10pm and hit the sack. At 12.10am large bangs started on the outside of the vehicle. This obviously woke us up and carried on for a couple of minutes. When all went quiet I looked out of the window but saw nothing in the darkness but something running down my windscreen. I then started getting dressed to investigate when more objects were thrown. I heard a car driving off and looked out of the window again to see a Vauxhall Corsa heading off into the distance.
I went outside to check for damage and found we had been hit on 3 sides with eggs, oranges, tomatoes and 3 containers of hair jell. Lookerly for us it started raining heavily straight after the incident and washed most of the remains off. Day light revealed no actual damage to our van, I only had to clean it up a bit. My wife was a bit shaken by this attack and I think we will be either using CLs in the future or staying right off the beaten track.
Take care Pete.

 

[rockape]

Totally out of order imho. Why didn't you contact the police ?
This is what went on in the dark ages, I would like to think society in general has progressed somewhat in the intervening years.
Two wrongs don't make a right and a person is no better than the culprit if they resort to these criminal thug like activities.

If i remember correctly, there was an attempt to nick your EHU, how did you feel. Take no prisoners.

 

[FULL TIMER]

I'm with mandrake ,any one tries to mess with me or mine takes their chances it's up to them if they wish to proceed, one person said an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind ,well I say those who live by the sword should expect to die by the sword.

 

[Fazerloz]

Totally out of order imho. Why didn't you contact the police ?
This is what went on in the dark ages, I would like to think society in general has progressed somewhat in the intervening years.
Two wrongs don't make a right and a person is no better than the culprit if they resort to these criminal thug like activities.

But how much do you take before you stand up and protect what is yours. You just know these days nothing would happen to them even if you called the police and they did their duty and the cps did theirs . What do you honestly think would happen to someone who egged your van.

 

[rockape]

I'm with mandrake ,any one tries to mess with me or mine takes their chances it's up to them if they wish to proceed, one person said an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind ,well I say those who live by the sword should expect to die by the sword.

FECK ME,,,,,, hes got a sword,makes my Gat look tame.:lol-049:

 

[Fazerloz]

Surely that's in case you end up in a river and need to break a window to escape.