Site Supporter fatolive Posted December 23, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted December 23, 2018 These sorted this one out fairly simply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted December 23, 2018 Moderators Share Posted December 23, 2018 2 hours ago, L/H White said: So did all this start because members of the public thought they saw drones and reported them, or because they got picked up via airport radar flying too close, or something else?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted December 23, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted December 23, 2018 The BBC showed a clip of video with a circle around what was supposed to be a drone. Something weird about all this. The Russians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted December 23, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted December 23, 2018 13 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said: The BBC showed a clip of video with a circle around what was supposed to be a drone. Something weird about all this. The Russians. We all know that some on the UAVs flying around Afghanistan are controlled from an office in England somewhere. Why wouldn't a Russian controlled UAV be unlikely? Now ask why the couple were arrested and then released. What happened between their arrest and release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted December 23, 2018 Moderators Share Posted December 23, 2018 11 minutes ago, MickyD said: We all know that some on the UAVs flying around Afghanistan are controlled from an office in England somewhere. Why wouldn't a Russian controlled UAV be unlikely? Now ask why the couple were arrested and then released. What happened between their arrest and release? Questioning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted December 23, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted December 23, 2018 But it's very unusual to arrest someone in a hail of publicity. Almost paraded round the press; photos, names, etc. and then "Oops, beg your pardon, we mistook you for someone who may have been a bad 'un. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted December 23, 2018 Moderators Share Posted December 23, 2018 55 minutes ago, MickyD said: But it's very unusual to arrest someone in a hail of publicity. Almost paraded round the press; photos, names, etc. and then "Oops, beg your pardon, we mistook you for someone who may have been a bad 'un. It's not That Bristol landlord springs to mind who didn't murder his tennant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc505 Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 1 hour ago, ZicoKelly said: It's not That Bristol landlord springs to mind who didn't murder his tennant More lives wrecked, handsome out of court settlement or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted December 24, 2018 Moderators Share Posted December 24, 2018 15 minutes ago, Marc505 said: More lives wrecked, handsome out of court settlement or not. Aye, people get arrested, questioned and released all the time Occasionally it'll be a high profile case at which the press will be all over it and they never presume innocent till guilty, ever MickyD - what do you think happened between the arrest and release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freds dad Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 5 hours ago, MickyD said: We all know that some on the UAVs flying around Afghanistan are controlled from an office in England somewhere. Why wouldn't a Russian controlled UAV be unlikely? Now ask why the couple were arrested and then released. What happened between their arrest and release? Maybe the police listened to the person who offered them an alibi. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/23/gatwick-drone-arrested-couple-released-without-charge/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birch-chorley Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 I’d love to know why the old bill thought it would be this couple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayjayoghani Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 16 minutes ago, birch-chorley said: I’d love to know why the old bill thought it would be this couple Tip-off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted December 24, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted December 24, 2018 9 hours ago, ZicoKelly said: Aye, people get arrested, questioned and released all the time Occasionally it'll be a high profile case at which the press will be all over it and they never presume innocent till guilty, ever MickyD - what do you think happened between the arrest and release? 9 hours ago, Marc505 said: More lives wrecked, handsome out of court settlement or not. 1 hour ago, birch-chorley said: I’d love to know why the old bill thought it would be this couple That was kind of my point. I get that folk find an alibi and that they later get found not to be the folk who committed the crime but, someone, somewhere must have provided the police with sufficient reason to go out and arrest them (or the police/Govt. Agencies used tools at their disposal to intercept the transmissions between controller and UAV) So, the evidence leads to a former forces guy and his girlfriend. Problem was, presumably, the police pat themselves on the back following some great detective work, name and shame the miscreants and splash them all over the media. Problem is, either it wasn't them or there is deemed to be insufficient evidence to make a charge 'safe'. As Marc505 states, more lives wrecked. (Just like just about every false rape allegation.) So, my question "What happened between arrest and release?" maybe ought to have been, "Who or what provided evidence deemed by the police to be sufficient to make a very public arrest?" The police seemed very quick to deny that any act of terrorism which the arrest kind of confirmed (I get that not all terrorists need to be Muslim but get the impression these days that this why the police are trying to allay the fears of the general public by issuing such a statement) but now we're back at square one, are they still denying terrorism? They haven't really said much about it since the first denial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birch-chorley Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 I bet they had a load of ‘tip offs’ with a headline story like this must have been other things behind them getting nicked though Previous offences etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted December 24, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted December 24, 2018 13 hours ago, MickyD said: We all know that some on the UAVs flying around Afghanistan are controlled from an office in England somewhere. Why wouldn't a Russian controlled UAV be unlikely? Now ask why the couple were arrested and then released. What happened between their arrest and release? Possible. Them buggers in Afghanistan are big though, and need a place to take off and land. It's all a bit fishy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted December 24, 2018 Moderators Share Posted December 24, 2018 Think the police had to make themselves look like they were on top of a situation that was making headline news and as soon as they got wind of a drone enthusiast who lives near the airport they went for it As did the press once they got wind of it too Fact they are now saying there might not even have been a drone shows they clearly haven't got a clue what's going on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deane koontz Posted December 24, 2018 Author Share Posted December 24, 2018 Well, it's all been rather strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Egg Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 2 hours ago, ZicoKelly said: Fact they are now saying there might not even have been a drone shows they clearly haven't got a clue what's going on Makes it bizarre that we may have shut one of the largest and busiest airports in the world on an unsubstantiated tip off or rumour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L/H White Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Check out @SkyNews’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1077222832197783553?s=09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamiwhite Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 All happens after Ben Wallace issues a threat to aviation re Al-Qaeda... Hang on.....he said it not me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freds dad Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 They've move on to Heathrow https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46803713 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted January 8, 2019 Site Supporter Share Posted January 8, 2019 It's the ST stopping Ken flying home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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