Cruel thieves steal fishing rod as owner helps injured man (From Bournemouth Echo)
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Cruel thieves steal fishing rod as owner helps injured man
12:00pm Tuesday 28th August 2012 in News By Steven Smith
FIRST AID: Tony McCloskey who helped a man who had fallen
A FISHERMAN had his rod stolen while he went to the aid of a man who had been knocked over by a dog.
Tony McCloskey, 44, was fishing on the River Stour at Millhams Nature Reserve on Thursday afternoon when the accident happened.
Tony, who lives nearby at High Howe, said: “I was walking down towards the point where the bank finishes and I saw him and there were a couple of dogs and a woman there.
“The dogs just flattened him. A couple of minutes later the woman came up to me asking for help.
“He was pouring blood out of his arm. I am ex-forces so I have a bit of medical training. I threw my rod down and went to help.
“I applied direct pressure to the cut, while asking him to apply indirect pressure to his elbow to help stop the bleeding. The woman rang the ambulance and I walked him up to the top because the ambulance didn’t know where we were.
“When I got back someone had walked off with my fishing rod and reel. I’m disgusted that someone would do that while I was off helping someone.”
Tony said the rod was worth around £100 and he reported the theft to the police.
Police confirmed a report of the theft had been made.
The ambulance service said they were called to the scene at 3.30pm and treated a man in his 30s for an arm injury. He was taken to Poole Hospital .
Comments(13)
Derf
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12:55pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Got to say, that is a candidate for 'Echo arms folded picture of the year'
funkyferret
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1:03pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Lets not 'carp' on about it though ...
Pablo23
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1:28pm Tue 28 Aug 12
It sounds a bit like a sting operation to me.
I bet the chap that 'fell over' and the women with dogs were nowhere to be seen after.
username for this site
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1:31pm Tue 28 Aug 12
lost a rod
and found a jacket and cap.
jobsworthwatch
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1:41pm Tue 28 Aug 12
username for this site
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1:48pm Tue 28 Aug 12
ben611
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2:00pm Tue 28 Aug 12
12:54pm Tue 28 Aug 12
That really is mean spirited
But PLEASE do we have to have the arms folded/stern face photo every time someone is 'wronged'???
haha brilliant what a funny man loving life in that picture he is!
contric
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2:05pm Tue 28 Aug 12
muscliffman
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2:57pm Tue 28 Aug 12
No idea what the article was about, saw the pic and moved on - identical pose on page 4, same 'photographer' moved on again....sorry, this is very amateurish the Echo should and can do better.
contric
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3:10pm Tue 28 Aug 12
muscliffman
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3:30pm Tue 28 Aug 12
contric wrote:I said I did not read the article - the daft photo put me off - so no idea what would have been appropriate to the content. That was my point. On review it appears the poor chap was indeed wronged, but afterwards he still posed for this 'funny' picture.
what do you think is appropriate then muscliffman anyone having their things stolen whilst helping someone should don a red nose and do cartwheels with a big smile on their face
Still, on the subject of idiotic comments........
Was Charlie
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7:34pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Pablo23 wrote:No. Don't think the paramedics would have treated him and taken him to Poole Hospital if it had been a fake blood capsule. Do you?
Is anyone else thinking fake blood capsule?
It sounds a bit like a sting operation to me.
I bet the chap that 'fell over' and the women with dogs were nowhere to be seen after.
madras says...
12:54pm Tue 28 Aug 12
But PLEASE do we have to have the arms folded/stern face photo every time someone is 'wronged'???