farmer shoots at burglars

echc1 · Post by **echc1** » Sat 18th Dec 2010 07:25 am

billericay essex uk ... farmer tibbs fired 3 times from his mobility scooter at what he thought was a fox raiding his geese...it turned out to be 2 raiders of a cannabis farm that he "didn't know about" in outbuildings he had rented out...

Trad · Post by **Trad** » Sat 18th Dec 2010 01:33 pm

Good one, hope he hit the bastards.... Must be tough to fire from one of those scooter though, assuming he was using a rifle/shotgun not a handgun.
Thanks.

gixxer · Post by **gixxer** » Sat 18th Dec 2010 01:37 pm

he didnt get them good enough, the cops have apparently taken his shotgun license off him

Trad · Post by **Trad** » Sat 18th Dec 2010 02:00 pm

Did the cops take his license away because of his poor marksmanship???

gixxer · Post by **gixxer** » Sat 18th Dec 2010 04:01 pm

yeah i think so

same thing happened a few years ago to a farmer called tony martins, he was jailed, personally id have given him a medal

Pauli Wallnuts · Post by **Pauli Wallnuts** » Sat 18th Dec 2010 06:39 pm

gixxer wrote:same thing happened a few years ago to a farmer called tony martins, he was jailed, personally id have given him a medal

amen to that, any1 come in my house will get a samurai sword throught the chest& a hatchet in the skull (if i had a shotgun,theyd get that shoved up their asre aswell), if the gestapo wanna lock me up, then fine @least i know i protected my family, my name aint pauli wallnuts for nothing

+ive been looking into buying a crossbow recently

Trad · Post by **Trad** » Sat 18th Dec 2010 07:05 pm

Hey Pauli, was it you that has the Tommy Gun replica?

gixxer · Post by **gixxer** » Sat 18th Dec 2010 07:25 pm

a m8 who is an ex cop was in my last house having a drink and seen glass all over my back wall, he informed me that if someone tried to break in and cut themselves that they could sue me

his advice was to beat seven shades of shit outta them, drag them outside and pour whiskey over them, to make it look like theyed been hit with a car

my answer was that if they got past my dogs theyed get 2 in the chest and 1 in the head from my beretta, ill always protect my own fuck what the law says

@ pauli,,ive access to a crosbow if youre interested

Balou · Post by **Balou** » Sat 18th Dec 2010 07:49 pm

I just read about it on BBC

An Essex farmer who accidentally shot and wounded two burglars raiding a cannabis farm he did not know existed will not face police action.

Edward Tibbs, 62, woke in the early hours of 19 August at his 650-acre arable farm in Crays Hill, Billericay, and went out on his mobility scooter.

He said he fired three times, aiming at a fox trying to steal geese.

However, he hit two men trying to break into an outhouse he had rented out, which contained a secret drugs factory.

The men suffered gunshot wounds to their backs and legs and hospital doctors contacted police.

Later in the day a team of police marksmen, accompanied by a police helicopter, arrested Mr Tibbs on suspicion of attempted murder.

Mr Tibbs, who suffers multiple sclerosis and neuralgia, said the three-month police investigation had "devastated" his family and business.

He said of the shooting: "It was pitch black. There are no lights here at all. I came out of lights, the house, and saw the fox.

"I never knew I had hit anyone, no screams or hollering, no nothing. I just came back indoors."

He said of his arrest: "We had a helicopter overhead and 12, 14, 16 police officers like you see on TV with crash helmets and machine guns.

"They were everywhere and took me away."

Essex Police said the two injured men were released without charge.

A spokesman said Mr Tibbs had since lost his firearms licence because he could "present a danger to public safety or the peace"