... Or car-do ("the way of the car") :-)
Anyhow - a car is a great and versatile self-defense tool!
Story:
UK -- A shopper has told the Old Bailey how she used her car to scare off a man who attacked a 39-year-old housewife. The man is accused of committing the attack four days before allegedly knifing a teenager in Orpington.
On September 26, the woman noticed a man following the victim in a car park. The woman told the jury she had first seen the man loitering by a car park ticket machine near a shopping center.
When she reached her car on the floor below, she noticed the man was following the other shopper. She then heard screams. The court heard the victim had been knocked to the ground and the attacker was on top of her.
The woman then started sounding the horn of her car and shouting at the man. She told the jury the attacker then stood up and looked at her before slowly walking away. She said: "He stopped doing what he was doing and began to walk away. Initially it was quite slow, which I found quite strange considering what he had just done. He seemed quite cool and calm."
Jurors have already been told the suspect is a loner obsessed with Internet porn, including sites which celebrate rape and other forms of sexual violence. The prosecutor told the court the hospital worker spent hours downloading sick stories and pictures from the Internet.
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Friday, June 15, 2007
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Didn't like the feeling
Seems very strange to me that the parents didn't check with the modelling agency, all the time her mother got this creepy "something isn't right" feeling.
Story:
Minnesota -- A 17-year-old girl told her parents a photographer had approached her at a local store, claiming to be affiliated with a modeling agency. The man even gave her $200 to buy clothes for the photo shoot.
"To make that money quick, there is something not right. I didn't like the feeling I got," said her mother. The parents took several steps to check out the man. They even contacted local police to check out his criminal history. They found out he had a clean record.
However, when the teen showed up at the hotel room in Brooklyn Park in March, she said she became frightened when the photographer locked the door. The man then showed her other teenager's pictures, some partially clothed, some younger than she. "Right there I was, oh my God, I mean, how much younger, I am 17-years-old and she looked very young and it scared me," the girl said.
After taking several photos of girl, she said, "All of a sudden he grabbed me by the shirt and ripped my shirt off and threw that on the ground." When the man stepped into the bathroom, the girl said she escaped, first peaking at his wallet to learn he had given her a fake name. She then ran to her car, called her Mom and then police.
Source
Story:
Minnesota -- A 17-year-old girl told her parents a photographer had approached her at a local store, claiming to be affiliated with a modeling agency. The man even gave her $200 to buy clothes for the photo shoot.
"To make that money quick, there is something not right. I didn't like the feeling I got," said her mother. The parents took several steps to check out the man. They even contacted local police to check out his criminal history. They found out he had a clean record.
However, when the teen showed up at the hotel room in Brooklyn Park in March, she said she became frightened when the photographer locked the door. The man then showed her other teenager's pictures, some partially clothed, some younger than she. "Right there I was, oh my God, I mean, how much younger, I am 17-years-old and she looked very young and it scared me," the girl said.
After taking several photos of girl, she said, "All of a sudden he grabbed me by the shirt and ripped my shirt off and threw that on the ground." When the man stepped into the bathroom, the girl said she escaped, first peaking at his wallet to learn he had given her a fake name. She then ran to her car, called her Mom and then police.
Source
Saturday, January 20, 2007
Hi tech defense
Even though this report is from May 2006, it should still be well worth a read. Good use of technology, I'd say!
Japan -- A youngster used her cell phone to alert Kai police that a friend was being abducted, leading to the arrest of a kidnapping suspect.
The suspect allegedly tried to grab a 6-year-old girl Tuesday as she left the JR Shiozaki Station in Kai. The suspect fled on a motorbike after the girl set off a security alarm in her bag.
Her friend got a photo of the teenager and the license plate of his motorbike, as he sped away, information that enabled police to track the 16-year-old down.
Japan -- A youngster used her cell phone to alert Kai police that a friend was being abducted, leading to the arrest of a kidnapping suspect.
The suspect allegedly tried to grab a 6-year-old girl Tuesday as she left the JR Shiozaki Station in Kai. The suspect fled on a motorbike after the girl set off a security alarm in her bag.
Her friend got a photo of the teenager and the license plate of his motorbike, as he sped away, information that enabled police to track the 16-year-old down.
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Smile!
I readily admit it, I consider mobile phones amongst the worst things ever invented. They can be made real torture instruments, since so many people obviously don't know how - or why - to turn them off...
You also have the potential danger of being totally lost when you're engaged in a conversation. This makes you a prime target for any potential criminal out there.
But hey, let's be fair here - they can also be used to prevent and fight crimes!
Story:
A robbery in progress? Say cheese. Brandishing a firearm? Take a snapshot. Fleeing the scene of a crime? Capture a photo of the license plate and put it online or give it to police. Smile, criminals: You're on candid camera phone.
One of the first instances of camera-phone justice was in August 2003, when a 15-year-old boy from Clinton, N.J., took photos of a would-be kidnapper after being approached by the man and told to get into his car.
These photos — which included the make of the assailant's vehicle and license plate — led to the arrest of a 59-year-old bartender.
In Queens, N.Y., two Catholic schoolgirls made the cover of the New York Daily News in May 2005 when they snapped a picture of a subway flasher, which led to his arrest.
In April of the same year, photos stored in cell phone belonging to a man from Utah, led to his arrest in connection with child pornography and the sexual assault of at least two children.
In Manteca, California, mothers wielding camera phones have helped police control vandalism in parks.
Source
You also have the potential danger of being totally lost when you're engaged in a conversation. This makes you a prime target for any potential criminal out there.
But hey, let's be fair here - they can also be used to prevent and fight crimes!
Story:
A robbery in progress? Say cheese. Brandishing a firearm? Take a snapshot. Fleeing the scene of a crime? Capture a photo of the license plate and put it online or give it to police. Smile, criminals: You're on candid camera phone.
One of the first instances of camera-phone justice was in August 2003, when a 15-year-old boy from Clinton, N.J., took photos of a would-be kidnapper after being approached by the man and told to get into his car.
These photos — which included the make of the assailant's vehicle and license plate — led to the arrest of a 59-year-old bartender.
In Queens, N.Y., two Catholic schoolgirls made the cover of the New York Daily News in May 2005 when they snapped a picture of a subway flasher, which led to his arrest.
In April of the same year, photos stored in cell phone belonging to a man from Utah, led to his arrest in connection with child pornography and the sexual assault of at least two children.
In Manteca, California, mothers wielding camera phones have helped police control vandalism in parks.
Source
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Alarm and cell phone
Absolutely brilliant self-defense execution by these two girls!
Story:
Kai, Japan -- A youngster used her cell phone to alert Japanese police that a friend was being abducted, leading to the arrest of a kidnapping suspect.
The suspect allegedly tried to grab a 6-year-old girl Tuesday as she left the JR Shiozaki Station in Kai. The suspect fled on a motorbike after the girl set off a security alarm in her bag.
Her friend got a photo of the teenager and the license plate of his motorbike, as he sped away, information that enabled police to track him down.
Source
Story:
Kai, Japan -- A youngster used her cell phone to alert Japanese police that a friend was being abducted, leading to the arrest of a kidnapping suspect.
The suspect allegedly tried to grab a 6-year-old girl Tuesday as she left the JR Shiozaki Station in Kai. The suspect fled on a motorbike after the girl set off a security alarm in her bag.
Her friend got a photo of the teenager and the license plate of his motorbike, as he sped away, information that enabled police to track him down.
Source
Monday, May 15, 2006
Fists, knife and camera
Isabella Scott, 19, from Galashiels in Scotland, was reading on a beach in Puri, Orissa, when she dozed off and a partially clothed man jumped on her and tried to force himself on her.
Despite the attack taking place in broad daylight, with other people on the beach, nobody came to her assistance.
According to detectives, Scott managed to push the man off and punched him before pulling a craft knife from her bag to keep him at bay.
She then photographed him with her digital camera and fled the scene. A rickshaw took her to a local police station where she reported the attack. The man was arrested within hours and charged with attempted rape.
Source
Despite the attack taking place in broad daylight, with other people on the beach, nobody came to her assistance.
According to detectives, Scott managed to push the man off and punched him before pulling a craft knife from her bag to keep him at bay.
She then photographed him with her digital camera and fled the scene. A rickshaw took her to a local police station where she reported the attack. The man was arrested within hours and charged with attempted rape.
Source
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