Southend streetsweeper returns Rolex (From Southend Standard)
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Southend streetsweeper returns Rolex
3:23pm Thursday 23rd February 2012 in Southend By Laura Smith
A STREETSWEEPER who found a £21,000 Rolex has returned it to its rightful owner.
Last week, we reported how Arron Large found the watch in a drain near Chalkwell Railway station and immediately handed it in to police.
Now we can reveal officers have found the watch belonged to a widower who had been given it as a present by his late wife.
It was stolen in a burglary in September 2011 in the Chalkwell area.
The owner, a man in his fifties, has now thanked Arron profusely. He has also given him a reward for his integrity and honesty.
He was only re-united with the watch because a friend pointed out the article in the Echo, prompting him to ring police.
He then found the paperwork which showed the serial number was the same.
Arron found three replica watches which were stolen in the same burglary, the victim has asked that he keeps them as his own memento.
Anyone with further information about this crime is urged to contact officers at Southend police station on 101, or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Comments(29)
andyh
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4:50pm Thu 23 Feb 12
Smagport
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5:04pm Thu 23 Feb 12
emcee
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5:10pm Thu 23 Feb 12
Red Hand Gang
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5:10pm Thu 23 Feb 12
emcee
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5:14pm Thu 23 Feb 12
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I do hope the Echo is not using the word "replicas" as a polite word for "fakes". If they are fakes they are illegal.
emcee
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5:17pm Thu 23 Feb 12
Red Hand Gang wrote:Where did you get this "most people" from. I understand that the Echo survey suggested more people would hand it in rather than keep it.
Really do hope the reward was a fair one incorporating the fact that most people would have kept the watch.
muffindamule
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5:23pm Thu 23 Feb 12
benfleet101
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5:54pm Thu 23 Feb 12
emcee wrote:Dear me emcee. Do you not like to see a happy ending?Lighten up! lol
Quote: "Arron found three replica watches which were stolen in the same burglary, the victim has asked that he keeps them as his own memento".
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I do hope the Echo is not using the word "replicas" as a polite word for "fakes". If they are fakes they are illegal.
My old father-in-law, an extremely, honest educated and upstanding member of society frequenty quotes this 'Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the observance of fools'. There are many other versions of this quote made by many wise and respected people.
Maybe if the jobsworth types in charge of so much nowadays took heed to this little snippet of wisdom, society could chug along with a tad less frustration and little more harmony?
Well done to all concerned.
Red Hand Gang
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7:07pm Thu 23 Feb 12
emcee wrote:Emcee you must live in a fairytale.
Red Hand Gang wrote:Where did you get this "most people" from. I understand that the Echo survey suggested more people would hand it in rather than keep it.
Really do hope the reward was a fair one incorporating the fact that most people would have kept the watch.
The Gentleman
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7:08pm Thu 23 Feb 12
emcee wrote:'Fraid not. 76% would have kept it, apparently (and sadly).
Red Hand Gang wrote:Where did you get this "most people" from. I understand that the Echo survey suggested more people would hand it in rather than keep it.
Really do hope the reward was a fair one incorporating the fact that most people would have kept the watch.
http://www.echo-news
.co.uk/news/9529858.
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Red Hand Gang
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7:20pm Thu 23 Feb 12
Hats off to the lad that handed the watch in. You are in a special minority.
girlie71
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7:28pm Thu 23 Feb 12
emcee wrote:I agree
If insurance was paid out because of the theft then the watch is the property of the insurance company. In this instance the watch should be handed handed to them or the insurance payout should be repaid. If no insurance was paid out then the owner is a very, very luck person and I hope the reward was substantial.
emcee
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8:09pm Thu 23 Feb 12
The Gentleman wrote:Blimey!
emcee wrote:'Fraid not. 76% would have kept it, apparently (and sadly).
Red Hand Gang wrote:Where did you get this "most people" from. I understand that the Echo survey suggested more people would hand it in rather than keep it.
Really do hope the reward was a fair one incorporating the fact that most people would have kept the watch.
http://www.echo-news
.co.uk/news/9529858.
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That went from 60/40 to 24/76 very quickly.
What a lot of dishonest people the British are (assuming that everyone who voted was born and bred in the UK of course).
:o)
Pikey111
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8:15pm Thu 23 Feb 12
emcee wrote:@emcee
The Gentleman wrote:Blimey!
emcee wrote:'Fraid not. 76% would have kept it, apparently (and sadly).
Red Hand Gang wrote:Where did you get this "most people" from. I understand that the Echo survey suggested more people would hand it in rather than keep it.
Really do hope the reward was a fair one incorporating the fact that most people would have kept the watch.
http://www.echo-news
.co.uk/news/9529858.
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That went from 60/40 to 24/76 very quickly.
What a lot of dishonest people the British are (assuming that everyone who voted was born and bred in the UK of course).
:o)
Oooooh, you little tinker !!! ;-)
Andycal 172D
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8:46pm Thu 23 Feb 12
benfleet101
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11:48pm Thu 23 Feb 12
girlie71 wrote:Think it through! If a claim had been made on the insurance, the insurance company would have insisted it had been reported to the police. Consequently the registration number would have flagged up as stolen.
emcee wrote:I agree
If insurance was paid out because of the theft then the watch is the property of the insurance company. In this instance the watch should be handed handed to them or the insurance payout should be repaid. If no insurance was paid out then the owner is a very, very luck person and I hope the reward was substantial.
girlie71
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11:57pm Thu 23 Feb 12
benfleet101 wrote:very true, strange why he never reported a £21k watch as being stolen .... but was very quick to contact the police to claim it back ... strange
girlie71 wrote:Think it through! If a claim had been made on the insurance, the insurance company would have insisted it had been reported to the police. Consequently the registration number would have flagged up as stolen.
emcee wrote:I agree
If insurance was paid out because of the theft then the watch is the property of the insurance company. In this instance the watch should be handed handed to them or the insurance payout should be repaid. If no insurance was paid out then the owner is a very, very luck person and I hope the reward was substantial.
emcee
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6:12am Fri 24 Feb 12
benfleet101 wrote:Not necessarily. Depends on how it was logged. Could have just been listed as a gold rolex watch alongside other losses. Also, a serial number may not have been correctly registered in the police database, if at all.
girlie71 wrote:Think it through! If a claim had been made on the insurance, the insurance company would have insisted it had been reported to the police. Consequently the registration number would have flagged up as stolen.
emcee wrote:I agree
If insurance was paid out because of the theft then the watch is the property of the insurance company. In this instance the watch should be handed handed to them or the insurance payout should be repaid. If no insurance was paid out then the owner is a very, very luck person and I hope the reward was substantial.
Brunning999
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7:17am Fri 24 Feb 12
That is a BIG surprise to me as surely with all computer technology especially as the items were stolen within a mile from where found.
I would have thought a computer search for for Rolex in that area at crime management would have highlighted that size loss ALSO surely a £22000 watch with that amount of press coverage must have been seen by either the Police Officer who went to be burglary, CID or the crime management dept.
Why did it take a week?
How many burglaries lose a watch of that value ?
Or is it the Police are just so busy with burglaries it has all become a conveyor belt Policing situation!
Odd very Odd OR sad very sad the state of Policing.
That means simply if a villain would have been. Nicked with those watches they would not have been charged for at least a week 'not good'
Brunning999
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7:19am Fri 24 Feb 12
PJR121
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9:27am Fri 24 Feb 12
Pikey111 wrote:I hear the next general election will also be conducted through an Echo website poll...
emcee wrote:@emcee Oooooh, you little tinker !!! ;-)The Gentleman wrote:Blimey! That went from 60/40 to 24/76 very quickly. What a lot of dishonest people the British are (assuming that everyone who voted was born and bred in the UK of course). :o)emcee wrote:'Fraid not. 76% would have kept it, apparently (and sadly). http://www.echo-news .co.uk/news/9529858. Street_cleaner_strik es_gold_by_finding__ _21_000_Rolex_watch/Red Hand Gang wrote: Really do hope the reward was a fair one incorporating the fact that most people would have kept the watch.Where did you get this "most people" from. I understand that the Echo survey suggested more people would hand it in rather than keep it.
For all we know 50 people could have answered the poll - in which case there's only 38 dishonest people out there... And how many of them put it for a joke to see what the results actually were?
mr_happy
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9:50am Fri 24 Feb 12
Red Hand Gang wrote:It is not about reward. I would gladly return it, and would not want a reward. To see a person get back something that means so much to them is reward in itself.
Really do hope the reward was a fair one incorporating the fact that most people would have kept the watch.
Sarah L H
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10:05am Fri 24 Feb 12
naughtyladyofshadylane
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11:30am Fri 24 Feb 12
naughtyladyofshadylane
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11:31am Fri 24 Feb 12
emcee
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2:03pm Fri 24 Feb 12
mr_happy wrote:How would you have known it belonged to someone nice. It could have been originally purchased by some drug runner or head of an organised crime syndicate, funded by ill-gotten gains. Would these people have deserve it back?
Red Hand Gang wrote:It is not about reward. I would gladly return it, and would not want a reward. To see a person get back something that means so much to them is reward in itself.
Really do hope the reward was a fair one incorporating the fact that most people would have kept the watch.
emcee
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2:10pm Fri 24 Feb 12
naughtyladyofshadylaI didn't say insurance WAS involved. If you were to re read my comment, I think you will find comment began with the word "IF" and ended with a sentence that began with an "IF NOT".
ne wrote:
emcee too clever by half, or trying to prove you are! If he was an old man he may not have had insurance, I know my old mum would not have, but she had nothing of value anyway!
naughtyladyofshadylane
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8:53pm Fri 24 Feb 12
Brunning999 says...
4:34pm Thu 23 Feb 12
Shame about the growing amount of shyt heds.