Another cyclist hurt by wire strung across path

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¦A WOMAN was seriously injured when she rode in to a head-height
¦wire strung across a path in Gorse Hill.
¦
¦Police said the woman was riding her bike with her family about
¦8.30pm on Thursday when she hit the wire was strung about 5ft from
¦the ground across the path in St Mark's Rec.
¦
¦She was thrown from her bike and suffered serious facial injuries¦
¦which police said were expected to require surgery.
¦
¦Police said they were treating the incident "extremely seriously"
¦and appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
¦
¦Anyone with information should phone Swindon police on
¦0845 408 7000.

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dkahn400 wrote:
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or

http://tinyurl.co.uk/xzcj

¦A WOMAN was seriously injured when she rode in to a head-height
¦wire strung across a path in Gorse Hill.
¦
¦Police said the woman was riding her bike with her family about
¦8.30pm on Thursday when she hit the wire was strung about 5ft from
¦the ground across the path in St Mark's Rec.
¦
¦She was thrown from her bike and suffered serious facial injuries¦
¦which police said were expected to require surgery.
¦
¦Police said they were treating the incident "extremely seriously"
¦and appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
¦
¦Anyone with information should phone Swindon police on
¦0845 408 7000.

I've used that path once and, strangely enough, I was actually on the
lookout for such devices; the little bollards are asking for something
to be tied between them. Gorse Hill is as pikey as ****.

"Zog The Undeniable" wrote in message
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dkahn400 wrote:
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.823043.0.cyclist_hurt_by_wire_strung_a cross_path.php

or

http://tinyurl.co.uk/xzcj

¦A WOMAN was seriously injured when she rode in to a head-height
¦wire strung across a path in Gorse Hill.
¦
¦Police said the woman was riding her bike with her family about
¦8.30pm on Thursday when she hit the wire was strung about 5ft from
¦the ground across the path in St Mark's Rec.
¦
¦She was thrown from her bike and suffered serious facial injuries¦
¦which police said were expected to require surgery.
¦
¦Police said they were treating the incident "extremely seriously"
¦and appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
¦
¦Anyone with information should phone Swindon police on
¦0845 408 7000.

I've used that path once and, strangely enough, I was actually on the
lookout for such devices; the little bollards are asking for something to
be tied between them. Gorse Hill is as pikey as ****.

It is attempted murder.

And when they catch someone setting up such a trap, that is what they should
be charged with, with appropriate sentence.

ian henden wrote:

It is attempted murder.


It would only be attempted murder if there were intent to kill

The mens rea (the Latin for the "guilty mind") for murder includes both an
intention to kill and/or to cause grievous bodily harm where there is a high
probability of death resulting, whereas attempted murder depends on an
intention to kill alone. This makes the offence difficult to prove and it is
more common for a lesser charge to be preferred under the Offences Against
The Person Act 1861.

pk

Le Sat, 08 Jul 2006 10:17:28 +0100, p.k. a écrit :

ian henden wrote:

It is attempted murder.


It would only be attempted murder if there were intent to kill

The mens rea (the Latin for the "guilty mind") for murder includes both an
intention to kill and/or to cause grievous bodily harm where there is a high
probability of death resulting, whereas attempted murder depends on an
intention to kill alone. This makes the offence difficult to prove and it is
more common for a lesser charge to be preferred under the Offences Against
The Person Act 1861.

pk

Well, things may be changing lately. There have been speeding drunk
drivers sentenced for murder on the basis that they had to know that their
behaviour was likely to cause somebody's death.

Turtle

fastturtle wrote:
Le Sat, 08 Jul 2006 10:17:28 +0100, p.k. a écrit :

ian henden wrote:

It is attempted murder.


It would only be attempted murder if there were intent to kill

The mens rea (the Latin for the "guilty mind") for murder includes
both an intention to kill and/or to cause grievous bodily harm where
there is a high probability of death resulting, whereas attempted
murder depends on an intention to kill alone. This makes the offence
difficult to prove and it is more common for a lesser charge to be
preferred under the Offences Against The Person Act 1861.

Well, things may be changing lately. There have been speeding drunk
drivers sentenced for murder on the basis that they had to know that
their behaviour was likely to cause somebody's death.

Is that in Switzerland or the UK?

A

Ambrose Nankivell wrote:

fastturtle wrote:

Well, things may be changing lately. There have been speeding drunk
drivers sentenced for murder on the basis that they had to know that
their behaviour was likely to cause somebody's death.

Is that in Switzerland or the UK?

It would be gratifying to think that it was in the UK, but I fear not.
--
Chris

Chris Slade wrote:
Ambrose Nankivell wrote:

fastturtle wrote:

Well, things may be changing lately. There have been speeding drunk
drivers sentenced for murder on the basis that they had to know that
their behaviour was likely to cause somebody's death.

Is that in Switzerland or the UK?

It would be gratifying to think that it was in the UK, but I fear not.


In the meantime we need something rather like the vertical piece of
angle iron with a hook-shaped cutter at the top which was fixed on the
front of some jeeps in Normandy to prevent decapitation by wire. It
will need to be a bit lighter, of course. I suppose this business will
make recumbents more popular.

Squashme wrote:
I suppose this business will
make recumbents more popular.


With a wire strung between bollards, wouldn't a recumbentist be a
primary candidate for decapitation?

EFR
Ile de France

Squashme wrote:
I suppose this business will make recumbents more popular.

I can't see how I'd be any more vulnerable on an upright than I was when
the fishing line got me on my recumbent. In fact on that day I might
have been better off on an upright, as the line would only have been at
chest height, but the scumbags strung the next couple of lines slightly
higher up.


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