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Student faked hall burglary

A student who faked a burglary at his halls of residence and stole fellow undergraduates' laptop computers was today handed a suspended jail sentence.

Oxford Crown Court heard Mohammed Yaser, 22, stole two laptops and an iPod before using a screwdriver to make it look like a burglar had forced entry to the rooms at Morrell Hall in March.

Yaser, of Harcourt Terrace, Headington, admitted burglary and trying to pervert the course of justice. He was given a 26-week suspended jail sentence and an 18 month supervision order.

5:55pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008

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Posted by: Vic, South Hinksey on 8:06pm Wed 23 Jul 08
No punnishment at all.
Should have been jailed for at least 3 years. Trust he got kicked out of college!
Posted by: A Brookes student, ox on 10:37pm Wed 23 Jul 08
Trust he got kicked out of college!

Probably not, that would mean Brookes loosing out on some money.........
Posted by: David, wantage on 9:34am Thu 24 Jul 08
He shouldn't be at college, he hasn't even got the brains to fake a burglary.

He was probably accepted to make up the token minority stats.
Posted by: Johhny, Oxford on 11:28am Thu 24 Jul 08
I didnt realise that Brooks had Al Queda Studies on the curriculum .Hope his Iman recomends he has his hands cut off for theft.At the very least he should be deported
Posted by: You know it makes sense, Sudan on 11:32am Thu 24 Jul 08
Mohammed Yaser , HE SHOULD LOOSE HIS HEAD FOR BRINGING THE PROPHETS NAME INTO DISREPUTE - Its one rule for Teddy Bears and another for theives
Posted by: JB on 11:59am Thu 24 Jul 08
Right, that's twice on the same page:

Brookes loosing out on some money


"losing"

HE SHOULD LOOSE HIS HEAD


"LOSE"
Posted by: bifocal bill, oxford on 12:51pm Thu 24 Jul 08
seems like don,t be a naughty boy again as you will have to see the headmaster
Posted by: Swampsnake, Oxford on 1:42pm Thu 24 Jul 08
A Brookes student wrote:
Trust he got kicked out of college! Probably not, that would mean Brookes loosing out on some money.........
Brookes call it ''Widening Participation'' which means the door is open to all sorts of dross.
Posted by: John, Banbury on 2:17pm Thu 24 Jul 08
JB...you must have a screw lose hahahahahaha
Posted by: Fred, Walton Street on 5:58pm Thu 24 Jul 08
JB wrote:
Right, that's twice on the same page:
Brookes loosing out on some money
"losing"
HE SHOULD LOOSE HIS HEAD
"LOSE"
Hi,

My OUP dictionary tells me "LOOSE" and "LOOSING are both acceptable!

From the neck upwards anyway.
Posted by: JB on 9:30am Fri 25 Jul 08
Fred wrote:
JB wrote: Right, that\'s twice on the same page:
Brookes loosing out on some money
\"losing\"
HE SHOULD LOOSE HIS HEAD
\"LOSE\"
Hi, My OUP dictionary tells me \"LOOSE\" and \"LOOSING are both acceptable! From the neck upwards anyway.
Really? I've just checked the OED:

"USAGE The word loose is sometimes confused with lose; as a verb loose means ‘unfasten or set free’, while lose means ‘cease to have’ or ‘become unable to find’. It is therefore incorrect to say this would cause them to loose 20 percent, the correct version being &ddd; to lose 20 per cent."

QED.
Posted by: Alan Page, Guildford on 11:53am Fri 25 Jul 08
Some interesting controversy in the musicological line. It is being suggested that Mozart's Jupiter Symphony may have been the work of one of Beethoven's teachers Luchesi....

Er... hold on,apologies Oxford, should have posted this in Surrey.
Posted by: Me on 5:38am Sun 27 Jul 08
Alan Page wrote:
Some interesting controversy in the musicological line. It is being suggested that Mozart's Jupiter Symphony may have been the work of one of Beethoven's teachers Luchesi.... Er... hold on,apologies Oxford, should have posted this in Surrey.
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