Post by @vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de

Some particularly chilling things about this #domestic #murder case in #Norwich #Norfolk are how effective #CCTV is in the city ( main cameras are *very* high quality HD images), offender was previously an *employee* of Norfolk #Constabulary and a craft #knife was used as the murder #weapon.

Such a knife is more widely available and doesn't raise many eyebrows when purchased by a middle aged adult man - but would also take a lot more premeditation to use effectively to cause serious harm than larger "zombie #knives" that gang members prefer..

And because of men like him I have to be paranoid about keeping a Sealey craft knife in my car (retrieved from a former fleet vehicle and used for peaceful purposes) in case I ever get a random stop check..

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2026-08-20/raymond-williams-consumed-by-jealousy-found-guilty-of-murdering-his-wife

#constabulary #domestic #norfolk #norwich #knives #knife #cctv #murder #weapon

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Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

@vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de 2 hr. ago

I remember when I found the #knife in the car (being defleeted and sold to a work colleague) - she was quite alarmed and her first thought was asking if it should be handed in to #Police

I couldn't see any evidence it had been used in crime (vehicles previous owner before it ended up on our fleet was working in construction/trades and simply forgot about it), so it went on my tool trolley.

I last used it to open a cardboard box containing a starter battery, I am going on long drive this weekend through multiple regions so now need to check my car to make sure its not anywhere "close to hand"

Which is how #crime impacts society - #criminals rarely win as they get caught and sent to #prison - but everyone else loses in the process (the case will also be used to justify further #CCTV use)

Keith

@keith@social.coop 2 hr. ago

@vfrmedia it's worse in Scotland. Possession of a knife is automatic remand up here. My mate served 2 weeks pretrial for a 5mm literal box cutter. The case was thrown out

Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

@vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de 1 hr. ago

@keith one one level I can understand why Scotland would be harsher (they do seem to have slowed a wave of violent crime that was once making an actual dent in the population), but that seems very harsh when there isn't evidence of violent intent.

In England if your heavy tools/points/blades are in the boot of the car (*not* door cards) you would normally be OK, but I'm brown, I drive late at night a lot and own a distinctive car with decent performance that has historically been associated with the criminal fraternity so attracts eyes of both gammons and old bill (although nowadays overshadowed to some extent by the Golf R)

Keith

@keith@social.coop 55 min. ago

@vfrmedia yeah, cops are racist here too, I'm sad to say. The big slice of "discretion" that let's them get away with their racism also let's them arrest people for being scruffy (and foreign in this friend's case) or whatever. Being white and scruffy, I only see that sometimes. I can never work out if most people are willfully blind or just conform enough to be genuinely ignorant

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