What Punishment Befits Her?

[youngmafbog]

http://news.sky.com/story/1186695/care-home-christmas-tree-theft-caught-on-cctv

What a wonderful piece of scum this is, how low can you get?

And what's the betting she has a string of convictions as long as your arm and is out due to the right-on liberal justice system we have in this country.

So, what do AB'ers think would be appropriate?

[anotheoldgit]

Much worse crimes happening, and besides care homes are rich enough to buy another.

[OILhead]

It was sheltered housing, not a care home, and they don't tend to be rich at all - not that ability to replace or otherwise should make a difference and really surprised to see you respond that way AOG...

[bookbinder]

It's not so much the monetary value of the tree that matters here; it's more the fact that she displayed no regard for the feelings of those who placed the tree there, and decorated it to give a bit of pleasure to the residents. If she is caught, a week of cleaning out the home's toilets might be appropriate.

[viv38]

I'm surprised too !

[viv38]

My comment was for OILhead,

[bhg481]

I agree with Bookbinder BUT the chosen week should be Christmas week and apply to the next 5 years.

[Sqad]

It's a "wind up".
She knows that she is being filmed.
Would you go and steal a Xmas tree and then go out into the UK weather "without" an overcoat?

[weecalf]

Spokesperson said epically at this time of year Mmmmm when would be good time early July lotta baubles ,she should be decorated

[ToraToraTora]

24 lashes of the cat!

[jake-the-peg]

Pretty scummy

But let's compare to Farepak

in Oct '06 this Christmas saving club went into administration leaving 100,000f people in the UK without their Christmas goods

Mostly people using this were amoungst the poorest off in the UK.

Turned out this collapse was because it 'leant' £33 million to its parent company which wasn't paid back.

The trial collapsed when it turned out the Bank of Scotland (HBOS) had demanded the money as security

So who's the bigger scum?

A Christmas tree or 100,000 Christmas savings

The woman in the video or the men in the suits?

[browntrout]

yes, but if we don't come down like a sack of bricks on the bitch who stole the tree, she might go on to a career in banking.