A manhunt by Armed Police for 3 suspects wanted in connection with a reported aggravated burglary in Ryde on Friday night has resulted in a number of arrests.
As previously reported by Island Echo, firearms officers from both sides of the Solent were deployed to Station Road, Brading on Friday in the search for a 29-year-old local woman. It has since transpired that the armed officers have spent the weekend searching for 2 other suspects.
Hampshire Constabulary has today confirmed to Island Echo that a 39-year-old man of no fixed adobe, a 27-year-old man from Ryde and a 29-year-old woman from Brading have all been arrested on suspicion of aggravated burglary. The trio remain in custody at this time for questioning by detectives.
Mystery still surrounds the exact circumstances of Friday night’s incident at Leavington House on East Hill Road. The force has not commented on why Armed Police were deployed, or whether anyone was injured during Friday’s incident. However, unconfirmed reports suggested a male was stabbed multiple times.
Forensic investigators from the mainland spent Saturday afternoon collecting evidence from the scene where a trail of blood could be seen outside the block of flats. It is unknown at this time if the blood relates to a victim, a suspect or a Police officer.
A spokesperson for Hampshire Constabulary has said:
“We were called to reports of a burglary just before 8pm on Friday (December 27) at an address in East Hill Road, Ryde.
Article continues below this advertisement “Officers have arrested two men, a 39-year-old of no fixed abode and 27-year-old from Ryde, and one woman, a 29-year-old from Brading, on suspicion of aggravated burglary. They remain in custody at this time”.
What is aggravated burglary?
Aggravated burglary is committed when a burglar enters a property and at the time has a firearm, imitation firearm, weapon of offence or any explosive. It carries a maximum term of life imprisonment.
These people should be jailed for 25 years. Start making an example out of such low life, problem is, as our jails are filled with the third worlds’ finest, there is not no room for our own undoubted rubbish.
Cure the latter to cure the former imo.
Shoot them or jail them? Make up your mind
We can only hope that the justice system delivers a suitably long sentence to the individuals who are responsible for this. When they arrive at the police station they are offered a number of free services including legal representation which is unfair considering that the victim has only one offer of assistance and that is from the charity victim support.
We should adopt a similar system used by our European counterparts who, once the person has been convicted seize all the persons property and auction it so that they pay for a percentage of their own prison sentence. We have modern forensic science, DNA, CCTV and various other techniques to prove, evidentially a persons guilt so proof of a crime is absolute. Seizing their property and selling it would be a deterrent to any wannabe criminal. I could put this proposal to the justice minister but politicians are generally disinterested in hearing one voice and I would rather talk to someone who has more character than a used teabag. We need to be hard on criminals and not give them the softy softy option that they currently get time and time again. You may ask why I’m so hard on our poor criminals? I worked in the prison service so I am aware of what a soft option prison is, and no I don’t want to be a politician so don’t suggest it. Where’s Albert Pierrepoint when we need him?