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CRIME News Links 2008
Links to news stories usually where
blind or partially sighted people have been victims of crime. Total 113
Links
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December 2008 (4 links)
November 2008 (15 links)
- Blind woman attacked SOURCE This is Leicestershire, 29/11/08
- Blind shoplifter with 96 previous convictions jailed for 10 months SOURCE Daily Record, Scotland 26/11/08
- Blind Runcorn teen caged for attack SOURCE Runcorn & Widnes World, 26/11/08
- Blind pensioner robbed on street SOURCE BBC Scotland, 24/11/08
- Rap for blind physiotherapist SOURCE This is Lincolnshire, 21/11/08
- Blind man mugged SOURCE Milton Keynes Today, 19/11/08
- Cold callers 'Targeted' blind OAP in Welwyn Garden City SOURCE Welwyn & Hatfield Times, 19/11/08
- Hit-run driver who left boy blind is jailed SOURCE Yorkshire Post, 15/11/08
- Old soldier fights off yob SOURCE Manchester Evening News, 11/11/08
- Thief steals blind war veteran'spoppy collection tin SOURCE The Telegraph, 6/11/08
- Blind Wishaw man robbed of talking watch SOURCE Wishaw Press, 5/11/08
- Well-wishers restore blind brothers’ faith in humanity SOURCE Belfast Telegraph, 4/11/08
- Burglar confronts blind woman in her Spalding home SOURCE Spalding Today, 3/11/08
- MURDER IN THE PARK: 'I am blind with wobbly eyes, so how could I kill?' SOURCE South Yorkshire Star, 1/11/08
- Blind Jamie in despair again after trike is stolen SOURCE Bradford Telegraph & Argus, 1/11/08
October 2008 (15 links)
- Woman jailed after milk bottle attack SOURCE Monmouthshire Beacon, 31/10/08
- Youth arrested over attack on white stick man SOURCE Fenland Citizen, 30/10/08
- Blind man in robbery ordeal has heart scare SOURCE Belfast Telegraph, 29/10/08
- Teens attack blind man on Ilkeston Market Place SOURCE Ilkeston Advertiser, 29/10/08
- Thugs torture and beat blind brothers for £20 SOURCE Belfast Telegraph, 28/10/08
- Three jailed for despicable robbery SOURCE This is Plymouth, 25/10/08
- Burglars trash disabled centre SOURCE Cambridge News, 22/10/08
- Staff at blind centre slam vandals SOURCE Herts & Essex Observer, 16/10/08
- Vandals smash window at blind charity SOURCE Saffron Walden Reporter, 16/10/08
- Barnet sensory garden targeted by vandals SOURCE 24dash.com, 15/10/08
- Bogus callers steal pensioner's life savings SOURCE Lancashire Evening Post, 15/10/08
- City off limits to blind thief SOURCE Edinburgh Evening News, 6/10/08
- Blind man robbed SOURCE Northeast Mancester Advertiser, 2/10/08
- Blind man beaten unconscious with his own stick in sickening East London attack SOURCE The London Paper, 2/10/08
- Thugs' evil attack...on a blind man SOURCE Newham Recorder, 1/10/08
September 2008 (10 Links)
- Thugs torment Kettering blind woman with threats and taunts
SOURCE Northants Evening Telegraph, 30/9/08
- Lottery scam fooled gran for four years
SOURCE Chronicle Live, 27/9/08
- Family's
Holiday Heartache SOURCE Teesdale Mercury, 23/9/08
- Visually impaired girl’s laptop taken in spate of
thefts SOURCE Irish Examiner, 19/9/08
- Boys jailed for tram stop killing
SOURCE BBC News, 16/9/08
- Pensioner, 84, has handbag snatched in broad daylight
SOURCE Preston Citizen, 12/9/08
- Charity worker's jail term slashed
SOURCE Sheffield Star, 11/9/08
- Robber attacks blind woman
SOURCE This is Nottingham, 6/9/08
- Britons in bogus degrees scam
SOURCE BBC Radio 5 Live, 6/9/08
- Pupils back at raided school
(after 8 VIP Laptops stolen) SOURCE This is Derbyshire, 5/9/08
August 2008 (10 Links)
- Bank worker facing charges over theft of pensioner’s cash
SOURCE Northeast Chronicle. 25/8/08
- Two jailed for blind man attack SOURCE
BBC Wales, 21/8/08
- Gang blind Leeds student in bottle attack and steal dog
SOURCE Yorkshire Evening Post, 15/8/08
- CCTV image release after trickster steals from blind man
SOURCE Your local Guardian, Kingston 13/8/08
- Blind burglar and carer raid Accrington house
SOURCE Lancashire Telegraph, 11/8/08
- Dog charity warns of raffle scam
SOURCE Kent Online, 9/8/08
- Muggers left me fighting for my life
SOURCE Wales Daily Post, 9/8/08
- Stop Hate UK "will provide promotional material in 19 languages, print,
braille and audio" SOURCE This is Derbyshire, 9/8/08
- Cops fail to release CCTV of theft from blind pensioner
SOURCE Your local Guardian, Kingston 7/8/08
- Blind son's holiday cash stolen
SOURCE Colchester Gazette, 7/8/08
July 2008 (10 Links)
- Disabled man victim of hit and run SOURCE This is Wiltshire,
28/7/08
- Jailed after blind woman knife attack SOURCE Burton Mail,
21/7/08
- Blind man and OAP mauled by dogs SOURCE South London Today,
18/7/08
- Appeal for witnesses to Wirral collision SOURCE Liverpool
Echo, 17/7/08
- Blind Dave hits out at charity theft SOURCE Midlands Express
& Star, 16/7/08
- Thieves deflate family's party mood SOURCE Warrington
Guardian, 10/7/08
- Arsonists hit blind woman's home SOURCE Sunderland Echo,
9/7/08
- Carer jailed for pensioner thefts SOURCE BBC News, 8/7/08
- Blind woman spat at in coffee shop SOURCE Bradford Telegraph,
2/7/08
- Man left blind by visious attack SOURCE Milton Keynes Today,
2/7/08
June 2008 (7 Links)
May 2008 (10 Links)
- Cowardly thugs attack blind Simon
SOURCE Jewish
Telegraph, 30/5/08
- Leeds gang attacked blind man in street
SOURCE Yorkshire Evening Post, 28/5/08
- Union raises awaresness of hate crime against disabled
SOURCE Abeceder,
23/5/08
- Charity hits at theft of dog
run SOURCE I C Stafford, 22/5/08
- Blind man in yob terror
SOURCE Hartlepool Mail, 21/5/08
- Thug
left man blind: got 7 year sentence SOURCE Glasgow Daily Record, 19/5/08
- Heartless thieves steal blind girl's sensory bench - again
SOURCE Crewe and Nantwich Guardian, 18/5/08
- Blind teenager tells of her terrifying kidnapping ordeal at the hands of car
thieves SOURCE Daily Mail, 16/5/08
- Lynn allotments hit in wicked attack
SOURCE Lynn News, 15/5/08
- Police Plea Over Blind OAP's Conman
SOURCE This is Swansea, 12/5/08
April 2008 (16 Links)
- Gang beat up blind Azeem in park SOURCE Halifax Courier, 29/4/08
- Callous lead roof raiders strike Herib twice in seven months SOURCE This is Hull & East Riding, 25/4/08
- Blind woman targeted in distraction burglary SOURCE Surrey Advertiser, 24/4/08
- Manhole cover thieves cause "a real hazard for elderly people and the blind" SOURCE Northampton Chronicle, 24/4/08
- Convicted killer had history of violence SOURCE News & Star, 22/4/08
- Hoax calls blind woman spared return to prison SOURCE Northeast Journal, 18/4/08
- New Zealand shooting victim 'making good progress' SOURCE Dorset Echo, 17/4/08
- 'Blind' dealer denies gangland murder SOURCE Sheffield Star, 17/4/08
- Blind East Kilbride OAP robbed by con worker SOURCE I C Lanarkshire, 16/4/08
- 'Despicable' theft from 90-year-old woman SOURCE Bexhill Observer, 14/4/08
- Blind man found guilty of stabbing fiancee to death SOURCE Daily Mail, 14/4/08
- Pair jailed for 'savage' bleach attack SOURCE Jersey Evening Post, 10/4/08
- Judge slams 'disgusting' thugs who battered Armley pensioner SOURCE Armley Today, 8/4/08
- Npower to launch investigation into alleged door-to-door sales staff cheats SOURCE Birmingham Mail, 7/4/08
- Deaf and blind pensioner robbed SOURCE Manchester Evening News, 7/4/08
- Blind and deaf man punched and robbed SOURCE South Wales Argus, 3/4/08
March 2008 (10 Links)
- Fireman left left blind and paralysed spent longer in hospital than his attacker
did in jail SOURCE Mirror, 21/3/08
- Theft from blind girl
SOURCE Crewe Chronicle, 19/3/08
- Grandson stole £17,000 from blind man to fund his gambling addiction
SOURCE Liverpool Echo, 15/3/08
- Almost blind but not cowed by theft
SOURCE Richmond Guardian, 14/3/08
- Drunk hit & run driver walks free from court despite blinding artistic girl,
10, in crash SOURCE This is London, 12/3/08
- Blind man mugged by 'cowards'
SOURCE I C South London, 11/3/08
- Life Ban For Blind Tractor Driver
SOURCE Glasgow Daily Record, 8/3/08
- Burglar’s prison term cut
SOURCE Burnley Citizen, 7/3/08
- Witnesses needed to trainspotter attack
SOURCE Get Reading, 5/3/08
- Blind man was burglar's victim
SOURCE Burnley Citrizen, 2/3/08
January/February 2008 (9 Links)
- 30 years in jail for anti-freeze poisoning wife
SOURCE Telegraph, 29/2/08
- Mugger’s callous attack
SOURCE Huddersfield Examiner, 27/2/08
- Teens, 15, face retrial as murder conviction quashed
SOURCE Sheffield Star, 27/2/08
- Blind
Man Beat Attacker Off With His White Stick SOURCE This Is Aberdeen, 23/2/08
- Blind man denies murder
SOURCE Cumbria
News & Star, 19/2/08
- Cruel thieves target woman, 96
SOURCE Manchester Evening News, 19/2/08
- They threw bricks at my house and kicked a ball in my face because they knew
that I couldn't see them SOURCE Birmingham Mail, 19/2/08
- Nurse Struck Off For Attacking Blind Patient
SOURCE Daily Record, 14/2/08
- Blind man attacked carer’s car
SOURCE Colchester Gazette, 29/1/08
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