Post #1040995
2026-04-09 14:29 UTC
Replies (6)
-
@BashStKid@mastodon.online 2026-04-09 14:35
@HarriettMB I’d agree. Not that bagsnatchers aren’t a pain, but throwing him in an overcrowded jail, confined to a cell 23 hours a day, is going to achieve what exactly? A tidy parable for an unequal society.
-
@TCMuffin@toot.wales 2026-04-09 14:43
@HarriettMB That's insane and most insurance companies would consider her contributory negligence to be a factor 🤷
-
@stellarsarah@mastodon.world 2026-04-09 14:46
@HarriettMB she also put the bag on the ground‽ Even if it hadn't been stolen, it could have been stepped on or kicked. Just for the laptop alone, that would have been bad news.
-
@Sarah111well@mas.to 2026-04-09 15:32
@HarriettMB Why is nobody looking for how she benefitted from this? I'm sure she cant be that stupid, she must have a motive. (It's possible I watch too many crime series on TV)
-
@2legged@mastodon.ie 2026-04-09 16:41
Absolutely right, @HarriettMB. I can't find words for that degree of irresponsibility
-
@ginger_tosser@mastodon.scot 2026-04-09 20:23
@HarriettMB I said exactthe same thing when I saw the story in the news. The owner should have arranged proper secure, insured transport & the woman should not have just had it in her bag and gone to the pub. If the thief had taken any other handbag and got caught he probably would have got a small fine and community service. Poor bugger sounds like he needs help, not prison.