Suggestion

[tshirtman]

I'd like to suggest, to make this section more interesting, that people post interesting/unusual local stories from there own area,
stories that most of us wouldn't normally come across, but makes a good read, like the one below.

just a thought.


Three men jailed over McDonald's and Greggs fraud

Three men who used the names of Greggs and McDonald's workers to fraudulently buy goods worth ?2.7m have been jailed.

Kevin Pomeroy, Daniel Pomeroy and James Chapman pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud at Manchester Crown Court.

Police said the trio had set up bogus email addresses using genuine names of staff to obtain credit to buy goods.

Kevin Pomeroy was jailed for eight years and six months, Daniel Pomeroy for three years and six months and Chapman for three years.

Kevin Pomeroy's wife, Julie, 39, pleaded guilty to one charge of money laundering, and was given a 12-month sentence, suspended for two years.



Whiskey and champagne

All four were caught after Greater Manchester Police launched an operation into the use of the corporate identities of fast food retailer McDonald's and bakers Greggs to fraudulently obtain goods.

Posing as McDonald's employees, the gang secured, among other things, 400 TVs from the company Alba and 20,000 bottles of Marks and Spencer champagne.

In 2010 the police issued a warning about the McDonald's scam, but that led the gang to begin using Greggs' name instead.

The name was used to obtain 1,400 coffee machines and whiskey worth almost ?200,000.

In all, the gang took delivery of goods worth ?2.7m from 13 companies, which a police spokesman said were believed to have been sold.

He said the profits had paid for expensive cars, holidays, jewellery and a large collection of football memorabilia.

Kevin Pomeroy, 47, of Stamford Drive in Failsworth and Chapman, 22, of Sycamore Avenue in Chadderton, admitted two counts of conspiracy to defraud, with Pomeroy also pleading guilty to one of money laundering.

Pomeroy's nephew Daniel, 25, of Brierley Avenue in Failsworth, admitted one count of conspiracy to defraud.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-21537685

[DOUGALMCD]

Which one's the brainy one?

[lagerland]

Nice 1 tshirtman,its obvious they were rank amateurs who in there right mind would touch an alba tv please............

[Shady]

Re: Suggestion

This is a cracking suggestion. There's been some doozies in the Tamworth herald. Alas it's too late for the "man attacks daughter with crisp sandwich "
Story from a couple of years ago.
Sent from my telegraph using Morse code

[jcgrumbles]

sounds like a great idea,lets see what the south shields gazette has for us when it comes out,theres usually a few dafties in that..

[Meat-Head]

Wtf. So something like that would have been easy to stomp out

All though sounds daft. All alba had to do is send a letter to macd head office

Emails can be fraud how could scammers get a letter on an unkown date to hq

I guess the fuzz mailed them more tellys meet at xx location

[nara]

I'd like to suggest, to make this section more interesting, that people post interesting/unusual local stories from there own area,
stories that most of us wouldn't normally come across, but makes a good read.

Like tornados in B&Q car parks? That sort of thing?

[Meat-Head]

I'd like to suggest, to make this section more interesting, that people post interesting/unusual local stories from there own area,
stories that most of us wouldn't normally come across, but makes a good read, like the one below.

just a thought.
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Today in Meat-City trading standards receied an extra 50 calls today about complains of

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A spoksperson from M-H-M told our reporter to

**** off, before i set the ******* dawg on you you ******

Buster Gonad reporting for the 'Daily Meat'

[RedSpider]

Best I've heard of in Blackpool (because I don't really give a shit what's going on here) is about a girl being murdered by kebab shop owners and her body disposed of via doner meat

[gc1966]

Best I've heard of in Blackpool (because I don't really give a shit what's going on here) is about a girl being murdered by kebab shop owners and her body disposed of via doner meat

do ya mean donna's meat?????

[RedSpider]

no. i'm sure her name wasn't donna

[Cod3waX]

Which one's the brainy one?

none of them they got caught duh

[Kalipo]

Woman trapped in her car... because her hand was stuck in the glove box

The 49-year-old had been trying to fish something out of the compartment outside her Stockport home yesterday evening.

Firefighters were sent to rescue a woman - who had trapped her hand in the glove box of her car.

The 49-year-old had been trying to fish something out of the compartment outside her home on Woodlands Park Road, Offerton, on Sunday evening (February 24).

But her wrist got stuck in the cavity between the glove box and the dashboard and she was unable to free herself.

Crews from Offerton station were called at 8.30pm and managed to remove the woman's watch so she could free her hand. She suffered slight bruising and soreness.

Crew manager Stuart Hall said: "She wasn't able to move her hand - either to push it in or pull it out.

"There was a man there with her and he tried for a long time to no avail so they had no other option but to call us.

"As soon as the watch came off it was fine, they were a little embarrassed as we were a last resort. But if someone is stuck they are stuck, they can't stay there all night.

"We don't train for something exactly like this but we will always be able get get people free somehow."

Stockport woman trapped in her car... because her hand was stuck in the glove box - Manchester Evening News

[Meat-Head]

Best I've heard of in Blackpool (because I don't really give a shit what's going on here) is about a girl being murdered by kebab shop owners and her body disposed of via doner meat

Hey swap them words around to

"Blackpool is shit full of doner kebab shops"

ON TOPIC:-


A Meat-City Chip Shop is still closed tonight after a fire, the irrtant behind
the counter got the pan too hot and up it went.

Two fire engines were called to the scene 1 pan full of chips was ruined
but the sausages tasted ok still.

A nearby resident was asked for his name and story of events, but would only be identified as "M-H of DK - the worlds best website"

M-H of DK - the worlds best website
Serves the t**t right, for upping the prices on their leaflets in Biro
and taking a FROZEN chicken burger out the freezer, MICROWAVING it for
2 mins, then frying and selling it to the general public

Reporting for Meat FM Johnny Fart-Pants

Meat FM would like to point out Bito is a trademark of some frogench company



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NEWS FLASH NEWS FLASH NEWS FLASH

It has been anounced that the *HOT*Bird from Meat-City Car parts has 'unfriended' a 'friend' on some INFERIOR website no more details available

NEWS FLASH NEWS FLASH NEWS FLASH

[RedSpider]

Thought this story was worth posting solely for the brilliance of the headline on the A-board outside the shop......

Mixed Grill Killed My Brother

A BELL ringer died after choking on a chicken bone during a pub meal despite frantic efforts to save him.
Stuart Berry, who had celebrated his 50th birthday a day earlier, had ordered a mixed grill but began to choke on it.
He stood up, leant against a wall before the brave landlord tried to dislodge the bone using the Heimlich Manoeuvre.
A nurse then tried to give him CPR but he was dead before the ambulance turned up.
Today, his grieving family and fellow churchgoers paid a moving tribute to a "peaceful and friendly" man who was an active member of his community.
An inquest heard Mr Berry had gone to The Blossoms, in Woodlands Road, Ansdell on October 24 last year and ordered a mixed grill from landlord Andrew Halcroft.
His meal arrived 15 minutes later and Mr Halcroft recalled Mr Berry saying it looked "fantastic".
Mr Halcroft was cleaning menus around 10 feet away when he saw Mr Berry stand up suddenly and lean against the wall, the inquest heard. Mr Halcroft then attempted to perform the Heimlich Manoeuvre as Mr Berry gasped for breath, but when this failed Mr Berry collapsed to the floor.
Staff at the pub then rang for an ambulance but by this point Mr Berry had turned purple in the face and lips.
A nurse, who was a customer in the pub, attempted CPR on Mr Berry but it was too late. Speaking to The Gazette after the inquest Mr Berry's brother Andrew, whose father also died a fortnight ago, said: "Stuart was a gentle person who liked talking to people. He loved gardening, plants and flowers and he was a local character.
"He was also keen on bettering himself and he was always doing college courses."
Mr Berry was born in Blackburn to parents Brian and Maureen and had learning difficulties throughout his life.
In 1975 he moved to Preston with his mother, stepfather, Andrew and other brother David, who also died last year of deep vein thrombosis. Mr Berry moved to Ansdell around eight years ago, where he soon became a member of St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, later converting to Catholicism. Outside of the church his main hobby was transport, taking an interest in anything involving trains, buses and trucks.
Richard Jones, captain of the St Joseph's bell ringing group, said: "I knew Stuart for a number of years and he got really quite involved. He was a good bell ringer and he used to ring on Sunday services.
"He was a jovial sort of character and he always tried to better himself. St Joseph's provided him with the interest in life through faith and he was a bit of a personality. It was a shock when he died."
Assistant deputy coroner Sarah Barclay recorded a verdict of accidental death.