Honour among thieves
Mikey 13 comments
Berlin: A burglar was caught off guard during a robbery when he stumbled upon the dead body of the house resident.
He called the police and said he had just found a dead body in the home he just broke into. The burglar fled without stealing anything.
Police say the 64 year old occupant had been dead in his bedroom for 2 weeks.
Source.
Lauri
Tuesday 22nd January 2008 | 10:48 PMYeah, plus you never know what's in the background (a la "Les Misérables").
Kim OJ
Thursday 7th August 2008 | 10:12 PMThat's an interesting code of conduct; he only steals from the living, who will actually miss the stolen stuff?
Anonymous
Saturday 8th August 2009 | 02:56 PMThe stealing is the morally objectionable part, not just "breaking the law".
Keith
Sunday 9th August 2009 | 02:26 AM...in response to this comment by Kim OJ. We'll I think he wouldn't steal from the dead out of respect? or the fact that he called the cops before nabbing something lol, but also if the owners are alive there is some sort of chance for them to catch him, or defend their items?
TWX
Sunday 9th August 2009 | 11:33 PMHe probably didn't want to leave evidence at the scene of a death and he probably didn't want to be accused of being involved with the death either. It was probably a, "just not worth it," moment.
Gemini
Monday 10th August 2009 | 04:55 PM...in response to this comment by TWX. It could also be a "my god that rotting corpse smells bad, I'm getting the hell out of here" moment.
mongostudmuffin
Tuesday 11th August 2009 | 12:16 AMIf the guy was dead, how do they know he didn't steal anything?
admmm
Tuesday 11th August 2009 | 04:07 AM...in response to this comment by Lauri. what a great movie!
Joe
Wednesday 19th August 2009 | 01:28 AMMaybe he was thinking that if he stole stuff, the police would suspect him in a murder...
artiefischel
Wednesday 19th August 2009 | 08:39 AMhe's not a very good thief............sounds like he needs to find a new line of work!
Dellaz
Thursday 20th August 2009 | 04:19 AMHonor for the dead is important.
Alex
Tuesday 25th August 2009 | 07:30 AMMaybe he stole the dog and all the dog related articles so no one noticed anything was missing..
Joe Marco
Tuesday 22nd January 2008 | 08:08 PMJust because one is breaking the law, it does not make one a bad person.