Why you don't post your life on the internet

Del Lardo · 03-09-2007, 11:41

This video was posted up on Youtube a few weeks back http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aucAIvOMoNU and suffice to say a few Lotus people on Pistonheads got rather upset and after a bit of investigation using Facebook and Myspace their real life identities have been found out

Scott Hobson, Adam Smith and Danny Worby

Unfortionately the original thread on PH has been deleted due to excessive moderation/violent threats (delete depending on your opinion) but there is a good thread on SELOC and lots of people with media/Police contacts are doing their best to get charges presses and a nice story in the paper

Belmit · 03-09-2007, 12:37

Especially if you're a criminal!

Hope something comes of it. What a bunch of wallies.

Nutcase · 03-09-2007, 18:57

Can't see them getting proper punishment, but any thig is better than getting away with it.

Del Lardo · 03-09-2007, 19:23

Well a few people have spoken to the police and they're getting some mixed messages but what it comes down to is that they can't prosecute without a complaint from the owner. People are trying to track down the owner of the car given it's rarity but it could take a while.

One of the guys ex-employers has been tracked down (left two weeks ago) and given the number of people who work in the city who are following this I suspect it's only a matter of time before his new employer is found.

Another one of he chaps is ex-military and the details have appeared on a number of military forums where the members seem less than impressed with his actions.

Pistonheads have washed their hands of the whole thing now but it is springing up on motoring and non-motoring forums all over the place. I really wouldn't want to be one of those 3 right now.

Del Lardo · 03-09-2007, 21:04

This is getting very good now....

Quote:

Originally Posted by SELOC

No point putting liquid in uxbride on the hunt according to a spokesperson from there just now they were never employed any of them as a photograher and they are barred. ooops less places to go for your nights out boys

T'other side had a thread that has now been removed but it's still going on strong on SELOC
http://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=133650 REGISTRATION REQUIRED
and Pistonheads have a 2nd thread which has tidbits of information.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/t...t=433696&i=200

lostkat · 04-09-2007, 07:14

That is absolutely disgusting. Peoples' complete lack of respect for oneanother's property never fails to amaze me. I'd never dream of touching someone else's car, let alone doing that!!!!!

Fayshun · 04-09-2007, 09:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by lostkat

That is absolutely disgusting. Peoples' complete lack of respect for oneanother's property never fails to amaze me. I'd never dream of touching someone else's car, let alone doing that!!!!!

I see people arrested for criminal damage about 10-15 times a day. The stupidity and pointlessness of it all bemuses me.

rich99 · 04-09-2007, 12:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by lostkat

That is absolutely disgusting. Peoples' complete lack of respect for oneanother's property never fails to amaze me. I'd never dream of touching someone else's car, let alone doing that!!!!!

I very nearly did one day - came out of B&Q after getting stuck in a mahoosive queue to buy only one thing and some idiot had parked an SUV kinda thing on the pedestrian walkway (blocking it completely) as they seemingly couldn't be bothered parking a little bit further away. I really felt just like climbing onto it, walking right over the top and down the other side on the basis that he was being an inconsiderate **** so why shouldn't I - glad I didn't though as I'm sure I would have regretted it even if there hadn't been any repercussions

I think it was probably a Bank Holiday - nuff said

As for the guys above I hope they get theirs

Del Lardo · 04-09-2007, 19:08

These guys are now properly screwed.......

Long story short, there's this bloke, who posts up the following video on his Myspace (his myspace is private, but this is public).

Cache of original page:

http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache...3D15614701+lot %20%20us+trashed+in+london&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=u k

(this is the re-hosted video on my Youtube because the video was subsequently withdrawn after he figured out we were onto him)

Now, while his myspace was private, a bit of sleuthing dredged up one of the other two in the video (specifically the bloke in the white shirt, who we found to be called "Scott"). On his webpage he also had some photographs of the trio taken earlier that evening, throughout the early morning rampage shown in this video (and others of similar attacks on cars).

After some more digging we were able to find out more about them and identify them as Danny Worby (original poster), Scott Hobson and Adam Smith. While we found it hard to get details on Adam Smith, due to it being such a common name, we were able to find out Danny's Home address, and Phone number. We also tracked down Scott's place of employment (from a photo hosted up on his girlfriend's myspace of him at work), although this turned out to be a place of employment he left 2 weeks ago. This was usefl however as it enabled us to positively identify him from the photos and videos we sent them. We hope they'll give us the information necessary to track him down in person.

Scott (L) and Adam (R) The first two to jump on the car in the vid.

(insert more images of gormless yobs here)

Meanwhile we needed to try to find out where this took place to try and trace the owner of the Elise to try and let him/her know that there was an entire community trying to track down who did this to their car.

By reconstructing the events of the evening from their little timestamped sequence of photos we were able to plot their little trail of destruction across several affluent London suburbs.

With the aid of Google Earth and some keen local knowledge, we were able to track down what we thought was the location of the crime to here:

This was confirmed this morning with a visit:

A Mail drop has commenced in the area to find out who the owner of the car is as we desperatelyl want him/her to know that their damage doesn't have to go unpunished. Regardless of finding the victim or not, it's gone to the press we'd like to see it get some exposure. The Cops haven't done anything yet, although the Police are now starting to look into it. We're hoping with more media attention they'll have no option but to chase this case up and see it through to three successful convictions for vandalism, wilful damage and possibliy other charges from their behaviour in some of the other videos we have of them.

The noose is tightening around these blokes' necks.

Nutcase · 04-09-2007, 19:12

Fantastic

03-09-2007, 11:41	#1
Del Lardo Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cambridge Posts: 2,539	Why you don't post your life on the internet This video was posted up on Youtube a few weeks back http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aucAIvOMoNU and suffice to say a few Lotus people on Pistonheads got rather upset and after a bit of investigation using Facebook and Myspace their real life identities have been found out Scott Hobson, Adam Smith and Danny Worby Unfortionately the original thread on PH has been deleted due to excessive moderation/violent threats (delete depending on your opinion) but there is a good thread on SELOC and lots of people with media/Police contacts are doing their best to get charges presses and a nice story in the paper

03-09-2007, 12:37	#2
Belmit The Mouse King of Denmark Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Winchester Posts: 6,476	Especially if you're a criminal! Hope something comes of it. What a bunch of wallies. __________________

04-09-2007, 07:14	#6
lostkat Good Cat Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,550	That is absolutely disgusting. Peoples' complete lack of respect for oneanother's property never fails to amaze me. I'd never dream of touching someone else's car, let alone doing that!!!!! __________________ Oooooh Cecil, what have you done?

04-09-2007, 19:08	#9
Del Lardo Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cambridge Posts: 2,539	An update These guys are now properly screwed....... Long story short, there's this bloke, who posts up the following video on his Myspace (his myspace is private, but this is public). Cache of original page: http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache...3D15614701+lot %20%20us+trashed+in+london&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=u k (this is the re-hosted video on my Youtube because the video was subsequently withdrawn after he figured out we were onto him) Now, while his myspace was private, a bit of sleuthing dredged up one of the other two in the video (specifically the bloke in the white shirt, who we found to be called "Scott"). On his webpage he also had some photographs of the trio taken earlier that evening, throughout the early morning rampage shown in this video (and others of similar attacks on cars). After some more digging we were able to find out more about them and identify them as Danny Worby (original poster), Scott Hobson and Adam Smith. While we found it hard to get details on Adam Smith, due to it being such a common name, we were able to find out Danny's Home address, and Phone number. We also tracked down Scott's place of employment (from a photo hosted up on his girlfriend's myspace of him at work), although this turned out to be a place of employment he left 2 weeks ago. This was usefl however as it enabled us to positively identify him from the photos and videos we sent them. We hope they'll give us the information necessary to track him down in person. Scott (L) and Adam (R) The first two to jump on the car in the vid. (insert more images of gormless yobs here) Meanwhile we needed to try to find out where this took place to try and trace the owner of the Elise to try and let him/her know that there was an entire community trying to track down who did this to their car. By reconstructing the events of the evening from their little timestamped sequence of photos we were able to plot their little trail of destruction across several affluent London suburbs. With the aid of Google Earth and some keen local knowledge, we were able to track down what we thought was the location of the crime to here: This was confirmed this morning with a visit: A Mail drop has commenced in the area to find out who the owner of the car is as we desperatelyl want him/her to know that their damage doesn't have to go unpunished. Regardless of finding the victim or not, it's gone to the press we'd like to see it get some exposure. The Cops haven't done anything yet, although the Police are now starting to look into it. We're hoping with more media attention they'll have no option but to chase this case up and see it through to three successful convictions for vandalism, wilful damage and possibliy other charges from their behaviour in some of the other videos we have of them. The noose is tightening around these blokes' necks.

03-09-2007, 18:57	#3
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	Can't see them getting proper punishment, but any thig is better than getting away with it.

03-09-2007, 19:23	#4
Del Lardo Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cambridge Posts: 2,539	Well a few people have spoken to the police and they're getting some mixed messages but what it comes down to is that they can't prosecute without a complaint from the owner. People are trying to track down the owner of the car given it's rarity but it could take a while. One of the guys ex-employers has been tracked down (left two weeks ago) and given the number of people who work in the city who are following this I suspect it's only a matter of time before his new employer is found. Another one of he chaps is ex-military and the details have appeared on a number of military forums where the members seem less than impressed with his actions. Pistonheads have washed their hands of the whole thing now but it is springing up on motoring and non-motoring forums all over the place. I really wouldn't want to be one of those 3 right now.

04-09-2007, 19:12	#10
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	Fantastic