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Motorist jailed for blowing up speed camera
Thu Sep 7, 2006 08:29 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - A British motorist who blew up a road safety camera which had caught him speeding was jailed for four months Wednesday, Greater Manchester Police said.
Craig Moore, 28, took his revenge on the camera, which had flashed him in the Hyde area of Manchester, in August 2005.
Although the camera itself was badly damaged, images of him speeding and returning to destroy the evidence were stored in recording equipment in its unscathed base.
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The important lessons to learn here are that a) when attacking a speed camera, approach it from behind, and b) destroy the base first.
Motorist jailed for blowing up speed camera
Thu Sep 7, 2006 08:29 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - A British motorist who blew up a road safety camera which had caught him speeding was jailed for four months Wednesday, Greater Manchester Police said.
Craig Moore, 28, took his revenge on the camera, which had flashed him in the Hyde area of Manchester, in August 2005.
Although the camera itself was badly damaged, images of him speeding and returning to destroy the evidence were stored in recording equipment in its unscathed base.
[...]
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The important lessons to learn here are that a) when attacking a speed camera, approach it from behind, and b) destroy the base first.