Crime

“I’d give my right arm for that car” “I’d give your right arm for it too!”

From the BBC website: Police in Malaysia are hunting for members of a violent gang who chopped off a car owner’s finger to get round the vehicle’s hi-tech security system. The Mercedes S-class was ‘protected’ by a fingerprint recognition system. So the answer? Run the driver over as he opens the door, then kidnap him,

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A new blog

This is a blog to tell the (slightly changed and anonymised) stories that this locksmith sees. I’m wondering what the public reaction will be, and I await comments with interest. I’ve written a few bits already, I’ll be adding them shortly. Today’s story, coming on the very verge of Christmas, is very sad, and somewhat

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Phoenix locks Ltd closed by court action

A company director whose firm charged customers up to eight times more than the prices it quoted was fined last Thursday. Watford magistrates convicted Mark Makowski of Phoenix locks Ltd, based in Potters Bar, on five charges of consenting and conniving to mislead customers when his company committed the offences. The court heard that Phoenix

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