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@bifter
Hello, first post - kinda nervous after seeing how harsh u guys can be!
I'm from up norf, I've a story about CCTV. In principle hate the goddam things but once they saved my ass so that conflicts my views.
I was on the slash with a mate in Darlington. We were from out of town and didn't have a clue how to get around. To cut a long story short, end of the night we got jumped by 12 fucking idiots intent on stomping our swedes in. Luckily, I managed to stay on my feet long enough to hear the sound of the babylon swooping in to our rescue. My m8's plan of pretending to be knocked out didn't do him any favours! Turned out they clocked the whole thing on CCTV. Otherwise, I'm pretty sure we would have been put in a coma or worse. As it was, we were both in hospital with bust teeth, ribs etc.
So CCTV could well have saved my life!
Still, they didn't catch the bastards so no crimes were solved.