Stolen Car - Birmingham Area

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SilverTongue

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Hi guys, bit of a long shot here, but my OH has just informed me that her best friends car has been stolen today from Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham.

She parked up for work as usual this morning, came out at 5pm and the car was gone. Police have been informed however they only treating it as a "possible" theft as there is no glass around where the car was parked

Car is a green Ford Fiesta MK6 reg number MJ58 OMT

If anybody has any information or spots it can they please contact the police.

Thanks very much
 
Intrigued as to how they can consider it as 'possible' theft, its either missing or it isn't, do they not believe her or something? :(

Sorry to hear this anyway, no CCTV on the car park or approach/exit roads at all?
 
Because they didn't leave broken glass it's not classed as stolen? Is this really true? Are police really this stupid?
 
Were her keys taken? Surely these days it's quite rare for any modern car to be stolen without keys (aside from the particularly high-end stuff were some tech is involved)?
 
Will said:
Intrigued as to how they can consider it as 'possible' theft, its either missing or it isn't, do they not believe her or something? :(

Sorry to hear this anyway, no CCTV on the car park or approach/exit roads at all?
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Sadly no CCTV :( was the first thing they checked. I'm wondering why it's only possible theft, it's got me baffled.

Janesy B said:
Because they didn't leave broken glass it's not classed as stolen? Is this really true? Are police really this stupid?
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Is this rhetorical or are you insinuating that either myself, my OH or her friend are lying, if so then you know where the back button is
 
I once came out of work to find that my car had disappeared. I searched high and low and the damn thing had gone. Half way through the phone call to the police, my boss who had just walked in and been given a brief description of the situation, loudly exclaimed, "I drove you in this morning you numpty!"

The police were fine about it. The lady found it quite funny.
 
Scuzi said:
I once came out of work to find that my car had disappeared. I searched high and low and the damn thing had gone. Half way through the phone call to the police, my boss who had just walked in and been given a brief description of the situation, loudly exclaimed, "I drove you in this morning you numpty!"

The police were fine about it. The lady found it quite funny.
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:D:D:D
 
Scuzi said:
I once came out of work to find that my car had disappeared. I searched high and low and the damn thing had gone. Half way through the phone call to the police, my boss who had just walked in and been given a brief description of the situation, loudly exclaimed, "I drove you in this morning you numpty!"

The police were fine about it. The lady found it quite funny.
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Unfortunately this isn't the case here :( thanks for the chuckle though :)
 
Like that story Scuzi, to think they once let you work in air traffic control :D ;)

Assuming its not a similar daft situation (a mistake, or a car that's been towed away for being illegally parked in the hospital or similar) I'd be wanting a proper explanation as to why its only a 'possible' theft, and the particulars of the officers who have decided to categorise it as such....

Now I'm sure that whilst a stolen Fiesta in Birmingham is not the crime of the century and certainly not the biggest thing on the agenda of the police there, I'd be most put out if a genuinely stolen car was immediately categorised as a 'possible' theft. I do worry about potential massaging or re-categorisation of reported offences for the purpose of official statistics.
 
Will said:
Assuming its not a similar daft situation (a mistake, or a car that's been towed away for being illegally parked in the hospital or similar) I'd be wanting a proper explanation as to why its only a 'possible' theft, and the particulars of the officers who have decided to categorise it as such....
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She is phoning the parking company that covers the car park tomorrow just in case her staff permit fell out of the windscreen

Janesy B said:
It's rhetorical, why would I insinuate that? Lay off the crazy pills.
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I apologise, I should have realised that to begin with. My OH has already been pretty much called a liar on a forum she posts on
 
Similar experience to Scuzi... used the same car park for 18 months everyday without fail.

The one day it was full I parked in a car park on the otherside of town. Came out of work, walked to the usual spot and surprise, it wasn't there. Only 20 minutes later did I realise I had parked in another car park that day. Silly tired work brain.

Then there was a second event, whereby (My Dad has a spare set of keys as I have a habit of losing things), my Dad thought it would be funny to drive all the way to where I work. Hide my car by parking it somewhere else in town. Then drive home in his car and text me, giving me hints of where it might be. Took me 40 minutes to find.
 
Bromhead said:
Then there was a second event, whereby (My Dad has a spare set of keys as I have a habit of losing things), my Dad thought it would be funny to drive all the way to where I work. Hide my car by parking it somewhere else in town. Then drive home in his car and text me, giving me hints of where it might be. Took me 40 minutes to find.
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hahaha! :p what a joker!


that sucks with the police though, maybe they were thinking carpark towing was a possibility so didn't want to jump to any conclusions about it being stolen. Being towed is a bit drastic for a first offense though, would have though they would have just given a ticket then maybe after a few days and a few tickets it would get towed. it's a bit of a joke if they are just labelling it "possible" purely for the sake of statistics :mad: <<bah humbug! hehe

I hope it your friend manages to find it :)
 
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