The Case of the Soho Nail Bomber | Crimes That Shook Britain |
The nation’s capital was brought to a standstill in April 1999. David Copeland, a 23 year old political extremist caused terror throughout London with a bombing campaign targeting the black, Asian and gay communities. His homemade explosives killed three people and injured hundreds. After 13 days and three explosions, the Met police hunted Copeland down. He was sentenced to six life sentences.
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The amount of people moving in close to something they were told was a bomb is absolutely mind boggling.
It was a different time, well before 911 & global terrorism.
To be fair, they wont do that again
A man rang the police to report a bomb that he didn't think was a bomb- and so he decided to ignore the instructions from the police? Why did he bother to call them in the first place?
I think his security guard told him to call the police. More likely he was like okay, okay.
@@elhuddleston17 ohh, well innocent London really grew up that day - no way you'd get people crowding around a bomb now
What an idiot. Happens all the time. Some people in jobs who are not mentally competent to do that job. Dangerous idiotic behaviour. Didn't know what yo do. Even when the police told him standard procedure. He decides not to implement that.
@@David-tt1rb They do Biden
so bizarre. Moving the bomb around 3 different times on both occasions. And one man even taking the bomb out so he could keep the bag?? Just a strange story
Brits 🤡
That neighbourhood is full of people that have a tendency to steal so there's that.
It’s Brixton, people aren’t so bright there
Doesn't make a lot of sense for people to gather 'round what's thought to be a bomb😮 I'd have been getting myself out of the area not wanting to go up and take a look at it.
Anybody with any sense would have.
me too 😎👍
absolutely baffling! These people are fascinated by bombs
Never underestimate people's stupidity.
Wow what a casual attitude about a potential bomb-
Yep i concluded likewise- especially considering that police were stooped over examining something that would soon explode - maybe not surprising considering nothing similar had happened- YET. And sadly that naivety would soon vanish forever
People in London soon forgot all about the 1970s when just the sight of an abandoned bag would send people running!! IRA bombs were often abandoned holdalls!! Even taking the bomb out and stealing the bag - put it in your car!! NUMPTIES!! 😳
I put me hand on me head and there was something sticking out of me head
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It wasn't me brain
He took the bomb out the bag… and took the bag. 😂😂 🙈
Brits 🤡
That one bloke/fellow even takes things that's "nailed down"... Yikes!
Crazy init
Oh the sheer stupidity of people!
I would say naiveté, not stupidity. I felt frustrated personally. It takes an evil person to want to hurt others like this.
RIP to the people who died, its unbelievable that someone could think in the way he did.
His "i feel nothing" reminds me of the evan peters' character in American horror story
In 1993 the Tesco superstore I worked in as a security officer had a bomb threat called in. I couldn't believe the management's reaction to It!! They were blasé and ignored my instruction and just told all staff to be "aware" and went back to work!!! Absolute clowns
We were terrified .Me and my friends were there and nearby alllllll the time. Both in the market and in Old compton st.
Did you also go towards a suspected bomb to have a look? 😂 Sorry but I can't get over how careless people were. OK if you don't panic, but WHAT reason would you have to go to it only to have a look. To quench your curiosity..
He destroyed so many people. The store manager has so much guilt in him still. It’s not your fault sir!! Hind sight is 20/20. You did what many of us would have done. Sending you love!
Oh well
The amount of stupidity makes me soooooo angry 😠
I'm angry at the pain and suffering he caused to such lovely people
I think someone wanted to keep the bag. Why on earth would you even move it?
6 life sentences and you recommend he should serve a minimum of 35 years? Utterly pathetic sentence. We have LWOP. Look it up.
Yes, but people sentenced to life without parole have also been released, many before 35 years. I think the earliest one I can remember was 12 years, after killing a baby.
@@Erebus.666. LWOP means just that. NO ONE sentenced to LWOP is ever paroled. Good grief. Look it up ffs.
If you really think nobody sentenced to LWOP ever got out early, either you live under a rock, or you go around with your head up your a*s. It happens pretty regularly actually.
The invaders get much, much shorter sentences for much worse
@@ttt2---763 100 percent
The bomb in Brixton has a strange sub plot. Opposite the Iceland store eye witness said they saw people on the roof taking photos of the street below. This was a couple of minutes before the blast. This was touched on in the crimewatch programme shortly after the bombing. Jill Dando seems to have realised its significance on camera, but this information was never taken any further..she was killed that weekend. Now, the building i have talked about has a strange sculpture placed on it. Its a fox and a couple of cherries. This was not part of any remembrance and if you ask locals most were not even aware of it, it seems to have been erected overnight at some point. As for the bomber... he wore the same white baseball cap whilst placing each bomb. Making himself very visible even on the small amount of cameras of the time.. In my opinion theres more to this, suggesting other players in this case. The 2 red flags being the people on the rooftop taking pictures prior to the blast and the white baseball cap.. a basic intelligence technique used to track their own people in crowded and urban areas. As for Jill Dando... maybe she was assassinated because she knew too much. It has as much validity as all the other mooted reasons.
Jill was killed by Serbians. Not everything is a conspiracy.
This case has Gerry "The GPO Enginner" written all over it.
Take ur meds brotato chip
"There was no warning".... 10 minuten after ignoring calls about a bomb and basically telling a guy he's an idiot after noticing a strange bag with nails, wires and a timer in it
your jumping 2 conkiers ons 🤣
goes to show how many people faced with certain situations are fking useless...
I was due to meet a friend in The Admiral Hardy that night. We were both late.
Bro said “heavily armed” like he never seen an American before dude didn’t even have a legit firearm
Are you even aware this happened in England? Firearms aren't as easily accessible as they are in America.
They gathered round to get a look at the bomb 💣 😅
Im five minutes in and this market is filled w dummies. Sorry to the victims. Maybe next time call the police in the first 1hr
Call 999, alert people, and stay away from the bomb.
And don't cover the bomb with blankets or anything....
What fools!
Who were the men spotted on the roof across the road before this happened.
I don’t understand when I deal with we clearheaded area and get the police to resolve and here the police take it seriously that is in South Africa. I don’t understand how everyone was casual including the police not very good it’s a disregard for people safety.
Many potentian Darwin awards in this one..
Most useless folk who never called the cops with haste and emergency! Not one had the sense to either put it in an empty concrete or stone walled room, boot of a car under a front seat of a car etc.
To be honest I wouldn’t have done any of the things you’ve suggested. I would have called the police definitely but thinking of where to put it? No. I would have stayed away from it like some people did at first
How foolish all those who treated this as a hoax.
Sigh...
That kid was cracked on his noggin'...
In fairness, it is a difficult balancing act because, on the one hand, we don't want to be too nonchalant and just pick up a bag we see lying around somewhere presuming that it's just a harmless bag that someone left or forgot, that would be very foolish and naive, yet, at the same time we don't want to go over the top, cause panic and get a whole street shut down over what might turn out to be just a bag of tools or shopping that someone might have simply forgotten. Not many will thank you for that either. So, where do we draw the line?🤔 Well, that's the problem, nobody really knows, not even the police. Remember, the emergency services will be getting calls all of the time and they have to make a quick judgement as to whether the danger is real or someone just being hysterical, or someone pranking them or if it's the real deal. Someone might call the emergency services when they see a bag on the floor and when the police or possibly bomb disposal experts turn up and it transpires it was just an empty bag or something, they might be made to feel like a fool who has wasted their time, even though it might not be said in so many words. In hindsight, if someone ignores a bag that has been left around or moves it and if it turns out to be an explosive device and someone is injured or killed, people will criticise others and say "Hey, you shouldn't have picked it up and put it over there, you should have just left it and called the police" and "You should have done this" and "You should have done that" etc but that's all with the benefit of the aforementioned hindsight. We all live in the moment, not in hindsight. Remember, it's the terrorists who are to blame, not innocent members of the public who may have been naive, and terrorists only have to be lucky once, we have to be alert ALL the time, 24/7 and realistically, that's actually not possible, so we need to give each other a break and not be so critical of someone who might have done things differently to how you think you would have, you don't really know unless you're in that exact moment and that exact situation. Thanks.
He resembles one of the menendez bros
se deram seis penas de prisão perpétua, não tem que se falar em sair em 35 anos, ou é perpétua ou não é..pois se for não deve sair nunca
6 life sentences = 35 years? I'd argue those are poor math skills. Fortunately, I don't think he's getting out ... ever.
I wounder where he is at now in the prison system ...do you think he will ever make realse ....
😳😳it was obviously a bomb. People's behaviour is beyond belief. Its a bomb...RUN
Incompetent
That was not brixton market
Yes it was!
Yet these days anyone with a different opinion tintje left is called far right ….!!
Mi5 were on the roof watching and witnesses seen people with binoculars watching down at market before bomb went off. They let him set off bombs
I heard that too, some people even phoned the police with their concerns.
@@theresapierce3934I heard a big man comes down chimneys around the world, once a year...must be true 🤷🏾♂️
@@jay4you853Santa is true.
I.Q level in this Country 👉🏾 .01
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I remember the BNP but it all went quiet.
BNP - brutto national product 😅
These fascists and nazis are still there. The BNPs vote collapsed and they never recovered from that. Plus the antics of Griffin and various other creepoids within the party ensured they were never going to do much beyond getting stuck in court for inciting racial hatred. They are still committed their warped ideology. I don't think it's much of a reach to look at the rhetoric of the Tory party to see where some of their policies are stolen from and who they appear to.
You're not exactly the brain of Britain are you son?
They kind of faded away
A lot of males like him feel the same way. The UK has changed and not for the better. The whyte British male often feels like he's lost his place in society
White
White with a captial W mongrel, don't you forget it. This is a White country, you are a guest and will never be British.
@@fionagregory9147 l spelled it that way because KZhead has censored the word before
maybe they should stop crying and pull themselves up by their bootstraps? When youre used to privilege, equality feels like oppression. 😘
You’ll soon be like the native Americans and aboriginal Australians being placed on infertile reserved land living off snails and stinging nettles
It's always a right wing fanatic.
All of the violent " protests" blm, Palestine, just stop oil are all leftist lunatics. Liberal logic is based off emotion and ignores fact, logic and common sense. A 5 yr old boy has more testosterone that those male climate protestors
No it isn’t ? Most suicide bombers or terrorists nowadays and especially the last 25+ years are linked to Islam ….. you are clearly an uneducated soul
@gutless1108Well statistically
They should let him out & make him prime minister
David Copeland was a closeted homosexual, I can't see a gay man becoming PM. A homicidal maniac becoming PM, that could well happen
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I can't comment on what I really want to comment on due to the snowflake censorship rules of todays society