The Kintyre Forum

It's a rather sad day when we hear that the new Ice Cream van that started up recently was robbed tonight by someone (is that the correct term?!!) wearing a balaclava while the young lady working in the van was alone.

It's extremely sad to post this thread in a town where most of us normally feel so safe. To a certain degree we take our safety for granted as we very rarely hear such news but this is now on the back of the Campbeltown Bowling Club being broken into last week. See viewtopic.php?f=12&t=12899

Forensics are taking the van away to inspect so the ice cream van service may not be available again for a few days. I am sure on behalf of the 99.9 decent community we hope to see Graeme and the Ice Cream van back about the streets soon.

unbelievable - I hope cameras and folks in the town track down the culprits, and I hope the girl is not too shocked by the event

Happened in Queen Street too.

Tom B wrote:unbelievable - I hope cameras and folks in the town track down the culprits, and I hope the girl is not too shocked by the event

One person - dressed in black, wearing a balaclava, knew where the notes were kept and robbed a young woman whilst she was alone in the van - absolute coward.

She is shaken but otherwise ok.

Really don`t know what`s happening in this town just now. One thing I do know is that all the recent incidents are down to a few (well-known to the police) individuals.

As a side note, a new face in the town was caught red handed a few days ago trying to steal the poppy tin from the bookies!
He`s been charged with the offence.

Happened in Queen Street too.

Have noticed it is very dark round there when going round on the bus last night, there are practically none of the streetlights working at all on Queen Street, or Princes street where the junction is I dont suppose that helped?

Hope the lady in the van is OK and that the culprit is caught. Thoughts are with the ice cream van staff/owners.

Street lighting is a disgrace throughout the town at present. A definite public safety issue quite apart from the crime aspect.

WC1 wrote:Street lighting is a disgrace throughout the town at present. A definite public safety issue quite apart from the crime aspect.

I've just reported the lighting on Queen Street, you can report defective lighting online quickly and easily:
http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/GettingAround/RALF/ it takes you to a Glasgow page but if you click on continue it takes you to a page where you can specify Argyll & Bute. there is also a freephone number: 0800 373635

-Hopefully this may be followed up urgently as it seems almost certain to be a 'contributing factor'?

Everything is becoming a disgrace. The law is far too soft with the same culprits over and over again yet they throw the book at people who make a mistake once. These half wits continue to stick two fingers up at the law while the rest of the community suffers.

Shocking to hear of this happening in the Toon, hope they get caught sharpish and have the book thrown at them. Seems to be far too many repeat offenders getting off with warnings or waiting for good behaviour reports....good behaviour reports do us a favour

Ross wrote:Shocking to hear of this happening in the Toon, hope they get caught sharpish and have the book thrown at them. Seems to be far too many repeat offenders getting off with warnings or waiting for good behaviour reports....good behaviour reports do us a favour

Totally agree Ross. I'm shocked and disgusted to hear of this tonight.

Shocking but not surprising judging by the amount of junkies strolling about the streets of Campbeltown these days

Forensics not coming - claim they cant lift fingerprints from dashboards, steering wheels, ashtrays and door handles!!!!

Somebody - no names mentioned here - arrested last night accused of this and of some recent break-ins. Was up at court today but I don`t know what the outcome was. Apparently he`s not long out of the jail for stabbing someone. Amazing what can be achieved when someone puts the frighteners up the junkie community - they start blabbing!

booboos wrote:As a side note, a new face in the town was caught red handed a few days ago trying to steal the poppy tin from the bookies!He`s been charged with the offence.

booboos wrote:Somebody - no names mentioned here - arrested last night accused of this and of some recent break-ins. Was up at court today but I don`t know what the outcome was. Apparently he`s not long out of the jail for stabbing someone. Amazing what can be achieved when someone puts the frighteners up the junkie community - they start blabbing!

Is this one and the same person? And why did the Courier report on the front page this week that the person who tried to steal the poppy tin was a "local"? Only here a couple of days and they are a local, eh?

Jock Strap wrote:

booboos wrote:As a side note, a new face in the town was caught red handed a few days ago trying to steal the poppy tin from the bookies!He`s been charged with the offence.

booboos wrote:Somebody - no names mentioned here - arrested last night accused of this and of some recent break-ins. Was up at court today but I don`t know what the outcome was. Apparently he`s not long out of the jail for stabbing someone. Amazing what can be achieved when someone puts the frighteners up the junkie community - they start blabbing!

Is this one and the same person? And why did the Courier report on the front page this week that the person who tried to steal the poppy tin was a "local"? Only here a couple of days and they are a local, eh?

Not the same person.
The courier`s story about the robbery was loaded with inaccuracies!