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Coastguards criticise 'tombstoners'
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| Tombstoning, as demonstrated yesterday from the Palace Pier |
Coastguards have criticised young "tombstoners"
who risk life and limb hurling themselves into the sea.
Teenage thrill-seekers
ignored warnings to jump
off Palace Pier, Brighton,
yesterday afternoon as
temperatures soared to 27C.
A Solent Coastguard
spokesman said: "Tombstoning is madness
whichever way you look at
it. An individual has no
real idea what's under the
water they are jumping
in and the tidal flows alter
the depth of water dramatically.
"It is sheer stupidity.
"People have died doing
this and some have been
left paralysed for life. It is
hardly worth it.
"It is only a matter of
time before someone is killed again.
"We know from bitter
experience of treating
casualties that a couple of
hours' work for lifeguards
and coastguards can turn
into a lifetime of pain
for the individual and
years of treatment from the NHS.
"I know people see it just
as a bit of fun but this type
of activity is exceptionally
dangerous."
Sussex Police branded
tombstoning an "extremely
dangerous practice".
On Thursday, a man in
his 20s suffered a head
injury and broken rib after
he jumped off Eastbourne Pier.
In July 2007, a teenager
had to be rescued after
jumping from Worthing
Pier and in 2006 a teenage
girl was seriously injured
after jumping 30ft on to submerged rocks at
Newhaven Harbour.
The good weather not
only brought out the
crowds but also bagsnatchers.
Police said there had
been a spate of opportunist
thieves taking handbags
and mobile phones left
unattended in Brighton's
shops, cafés, restaurants
and bars. Undercover officers
were deployed, along
with uniformed patrols to
combat the criminals.
Photographs of suspects
were circulated to shop
security guards and businesses.
Inspector Bill Whitehead
said: "As the weather
gets warmer, our city's
streets get busier with
shoppers and people enjoying
the restaurants and
bars the city has to offer.
"Unfortunately there
are those who use this time
to steal handbags and
mobile phones which have
been left unattended in
supermarkets, cafés,
restaurants and licensed
premises.
"People need to make
sure that they never leave
their belongings unattended,
not even for a
second.
"These thieves are quick
and will take any opportunity
they can to steal from your bag."
11:29am Monday 12th May 2008
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CommentPosted by: Lassie, Brighton on 12:20pm Mon 12 May 08
Once I leaped from a pier with a stolen bag and a puffer fish bit my eye. I would have wept but all the tears would just go into the puffer fish.
Once I leaped from a pier with a stolen bag and a puffer fish bit my eye. I would have wept but all the tears would just go into the puffer fish.
Posted by: John, Cyberspace on 12:23pm Mon 12 May 08
Two more seriously injured over the weekend.
http://news.bbc.co.u
k/1/hi/england/73951
31.stm
Two more seriously injured over the weekend.
http://news.bbc.co.u
k/1/hi/england/73951
31.stm
Posted by: Darwin, Brighton on 12:38pm Mon 12 May 08
and the problem is?
Posted by: sm on 12:50pm Mon 12 May 08
surely the hired thugs...sorry 'security' staff at the palace pier should stop it if they don't want it going on?
surely the hired thugs...sorry 'security' staff at the palace pier should stop it if they don't want it going on?
Posted by: John, Cyberspace on 1:35pm Mon 12 May 08
[quote][bold]Darwin[/bold] wrote:
and the problem is?[/quote] Taxpayers have to pay for their medical treatment. Personally I think these morons should be billed for the cost.
Darwin wrote:
and the problem is?
Taxpayers have to pay for their medical treatment. Personally I think these morons should be billed for the cost.
Posted by: FRED, brighton on 1:44pm Mon 12 May 08
This nonsence, is performed by the brain dead.So its a loss only to the family if they kill them selfs
This nonsence, is performed by the brain dead.So its a loss only to the family if they kill them selfs
Posted by: me on 2:33pm Mon 12 May 08
i done it when i was a kid just to impress the girlies like most of the YOUNG lads who do it ...... the pier was a great place to jump from but being young and fearless is the name of the game .. like i did i learnt my lesson the hard way and grew up
i done it when i was a kid just to impress the girlies like most of the YOUNG lads who do it ...... the pier was a great place to jump from but being young and fearless is the name of the game .. like i did i learnt my lesson the hard way and grew up
Posted by: Lassie, Brighton on 2:41pm Mon 12 May 08
It puffs bigger! Full of my bitter tears! Will someone deliver me from "Mr Puffy" as he calls himself?
It puffs bigger! Full of my bitter tears! Will someone deliver me from "Mr Puffy" as he calls himself?
Posted by: Mikey on 6:41pm Mon 12 May 08
Lassie: get help. And you too, Gregor, if you're not the same person as "Lassie".
Lassie: get help. And you too, Gregor, if you're not the same person as "Lassie".
Posted by: treeperson, canopy on 12:01am Tue 13 May 08
Notice how they subtly slipped the:
'MAJOR INCREASE IN BAGSNATCHES AND MUGGINGS'
story into this ..rather than scaring away the tourists and going against the usual 'crime figures down' figure fiddling myth that they would like us to beleive!
Notice how they subtly slipped the:
'MAJOR INCREASE IN BAGSNATCHES AND MUGGINGS'
story into this ..rather than scaring away the tourists and going against the usual 'crime figures down' figure fiddling myth that they would like us to beleive!
Posted by: whogivesa, Brighton on 8:42am Tue 13 May 08
There's an easy solution. Put up signs on the all the piers, etc, where this activity is going on saying 'Jumping off pier forbidden - if you are hospitalised or have to be rescued you will have to pay - minimum charge £2000'.
And stop glamourising it by calling it 'tombstoning'. Call it 'chav moron jumping' or something more apt.
There's an easy solution. Put up signs on the all the piers, etc, where this activity is going on saying 'Jumping off pier forbidden - if you are hospitalised or have to be rescued you will have to pay - minimum charge £2000'.
And stop glamourising it by calling it 'tombstoning'. Call it 'chav moron jumping' or something more apt.
Posted by: Flimsy IQ, Brighton on 1:46pm Wed 14 May 08
Yes the Flimsy IQ aka Risky IQ Dumb Offenders are the bag and phone snatchers thats one of em in the picture above. They rob anyone mostly little kids and girls mobiles they work in a pack on individuals a few have been sent down but they just come out a re-offend they are down on the beach by the pier on a daily basses at the moment so what the muggings go up around there over the next few weeks.
Yes the Flimsy IQ aka Risky IQ Dumb Offenders are the bag and phone snatchers thats one of em in the picture above. They rob anyone mostly little kids and girls mobiles they work in a pack on individuals a few have been sent down but they just come out a re-offend they are down on the beach by the pier on a daily basses at the moment so what the muggings go up around there over the next few weeks.
Posted by: risky hq, brighton on 10:12pm Wed 14 May 08
haha listen 2 u haha its risky hq not iq u **** tit and nah we dont rob gilr sonly lads and yeh we go in a group and if a group wants a ruk we go 4 it but we never start 4 jak **** wel we have a few times so get yor facts rite m8 u **** cheese u wouldnt say this 2 any of our faces coz u no u would get batterd nuf said
haha listen 2 u haha its risky hq not iq u **** tit and nah we dont rob gilr sonly lads and yeh we go in a group and if a group wants a ruk we go 4 it but we never start 4 jak **** wel we have a few times so get yor facts rite m8 u **** cheese u wouldnt say this 2 any of our faces coz u no u would get batterd nuf said
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