The Fyshwick fire bomber

Rawhide Kid Part3 said :

I love this bit from the Canberra Times report on the incident. “That brothel was later revealed to be unlicensed, despite its prominent location and advertising.”

Presumably “ACT Policing” will solve all currently outstanding crimes reported by law-abiding Canberra citizens before dedicating any resources to solving this crime committed against an illegal clap-trap?

Deref said :

Another fine example of the high-quality results available from video surveillance cameras.

“The suspect is believed to be wearing shoes. I repeat: shoes.”

Probably a few senior public servants, lawyers, academics, so on, who aren’t disappointed about the dodgy video quality.

gooterz said :

So the cops can’t read the number plate on the fixed car but they can tell the gender?

Did the cops state the gender of the car?

Postalgeek said :

If I were a patron of the brothel in question, the poor quality of their CCTV would come as a bit of a relief to me.

Yup, nothing you want more then knowing the sort of classy people that run brothels have high quality video of you accessing their services.

So the cops can’t read the number plate on the fixed car but they can tell the gender?

If I were a patron of the brothel in question, the poor quality of their CCTV would come as a bit of a relief to me.

This is what you get when you buy cheap cameras,a crappy DVR & don’t clean cobwebs off the cameras

Seriously looks like a still shot from some conspiracy theory TV show, trying to prove that ghosts are real.

CCTV is effective but unfortunately it’s also extremely expensive. This is clearly the lower budget format.

buzz819 said :

Deref said :

Another fine example of the high-quality results available from video surveillance cameras.

“The suspect is believed to be wearing shoes. I repeat: shoes.”

Another fine example of how CCTV does not prevent crime.

Agreed. CCTV doesn’t stop anyone doing anything, and is easily defeated by cheap and simple countermeasures.

I think JB has cracked the case;

http://the-riotact.com/goonbag-fire-twirling-images-of-canberra/72771

Deref said :

Another fine example of the high-quality results available from video surveillance cameras.

“The suspect is believed to be wearing shoes. I repeat: shoes.”

Police have confirmed that the man was indeed wearing shoes neatly secured to the end of each leg with string, Police now also believe he is also “armed” as the projectile was “thrown”.