NI News: The Worst of Mankind

Just when you thought you'd seen and heard the worst that mankind can do, someone tops even that, by reaching even deeper depths, preying on the goodness of others.

It was U105's Frank Mitchell that highlighted the issue of criminal gangs operating in the Republic of Ireland. In scenario one, a child's car seat is made up to look like a child has been abandoned at the roadside, usually bordering a wooded area. Human nature and psychology is played on, for who would drive past an abandoned baby on a roadside and that what's they plan on. For the occupants of any stopping car are about to walk into an ambush, once outside the car and within sight of the criminals, you are jumped and robbed of your car. The tragedy of this behaviour is that it is one more reason for people not to reach out and help one another, with police advice in the Republic, to drive past any sighting and call them, you can't help to think what's happens if you actually drive past genuine people in need.

In the second criminal scenario, that criminals pelt your car with eggs having analyzed, that a natural human reaction is to apply your windscreen wash and wipers. Unwitting drivers are unaware that the eggs have an added ingredient which when smeared across the windscreen leaves the driver no option but to stop their vehicle, unable to see, walking straight into the game plan of waiting criminals.

It may be that such criminal behaviour may be replicated across Northern Ireland, so everyone needs to be aware. Such criminal behaviour, reaches a new criminal low, preying on those trying to help, trying to do a good thing and do the right thing, as they should. So if you know who these people are, its time to take your stand against this way of life, provide the police with the information needed to stop them, before someone is killed or before it becomes the norm, were we naturally pass by people in need.

Last Updated: 14th September 2010