ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade General Discussion Area Copper thieves still at it

Although this is one that won't be doing it again:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-copper-cable-carrying-11-000-volts.html

Funny, the wire in the photo doesn't really look like it's insulated for 11,000V...

I thought that too! You can imagine the conversation in the newspaper office:

"Boy, go find me a generic picture of copper wire."
{ Searches for photo....}

"Will this do?"

"Yeah, it's wire, isn't it?"

"Mr Thompson's sister, Samantha Hopkins, told an inquest in Newport that her brother was unemployed and had been a heroin addict.

She added: "Although for the past eight months (of his life) he was totally clean.""

uh-huh, suuuuuure.

Also, do you really call bolt cutters bolt croppers in the UK?