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Student faked hall burglary
5:55pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008
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.
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A Brookes student, ox says...
10:37pm Wed 23 Jul 08
Probably not, that would mean Brookes loosing out on some money.........
David, wantage says...
9:34am Thu 24 Jul 08
He was probably accepted to make up the token minority stats.
Johhny, Oxford says...
11:28am Thu 24 Jul 08
You know it makes sense, Sudan says...
11:32am Thu 24 Jul 08
JB, says...
11:59am Thu 24 Jul 08
Brookes loosing out on some money
"losing"
HE SHOULD LOOSE HIS HEAD
"LOSE"
bifocal bill, oxford says...
12:51pm Thu 24 Jul 08
Swampsnake, Oxford says...
1:42pm Thu 24 Jul 08
A Brookes student wrote:Brookes call it ''Widening Participation'' which means the door is open to all sorts of dross.
Trust he got kicked out of college! Probably not, that would mean Brookes loosing out on some money.........
John, Banbury says...
2:17pm Thu 24 Jul 08
Fred, Walton Street says...
5:58pm Thu 24 Jul 08
JB wrote:Hi,
Right, that's twice on the same page:Brookes loosing out on some money"losing"HE SHOULD LOOSE HIS HEAD"LOSE"
My OUP dictionary tells me "LOOSE" and "LOOSING are both acceptable!
From the neck upwards anyway.
JB, says...
9:30am Fri 25 Jul 08
Fred wrote:Really? I've just checked the OED:
JB wrote: Right, that\'s twice on the same page:Hi, My OUP dictionary tells me \"LOOSE\" and \"LOOSING are both acceptable! From the neck upwards anyway.Brookes loosing out on some money\"losing\"HE SHOULD LOOSE HIS HEAD\"LOSE\"
"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.
Alan Page, Guildford says...
11:53am Fri 25 Jul 08
Er... hold on,apologies Oxford, should have posted this in Surrey.
Me, says...
5:38am Sun 27 Jul 08
Alan Page wrote:Cocknocker
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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Vic, South Hinksey says...
8:06pm Wed 23 Jul 08
Should have been jailed for at least 3 years. Trust he got kicked out of college!