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JAILED: Armed thug who threatened and tied up student - by mistake
5:32pm Thursday 7th March 2013 in News
JAILED: The armed thug who threatened and tied up a student by mistake
A man burst his his way into a house in Southampton where they tied up and threatened a man mistakenly believing it was linked to drugs.
But when they realised they had targeted the wrong address the attackers apologised to their victim and fled.
Today Hiram Braithwaite is behind bars after he was sentenced to seven years in prison when he broke in and tied up the occupant of the house.
The aggravated burglary was the first case to be investigated by the Operation Fortress team in a campaign launched in May last year to tackle drug-related violence.
Braithwaite and another man, who has not been identified, targeted the home on Wilton Avenue thinking it was involved in a rival drug supply network.
They used black tape to cover the 20-year-old victim’s eyes and bind his hands and feet. The other man carried a 30cm long knife.
When they realised it was a student home and they had the wrong address they apologised, damaged the victim’s mobile phone and left.
DC Liam Cook from the Operation Fortress team said: “This was a terrifying ordeal for the young man in what was ultimately a case of mistaken identity.
“Our enquiries led us to Braithwaite’s property in London where we recovered evidence including seven knives and a revolver air pistol with cartridges.
“He claimed he had been paid to drive from London to Southampton but our investigation proved he played a leading role in the offence.
“His sentencing is a warning to others that through Operation Fortress we aim to make Southampton a hostile place for drug dealers and people who come here and make life unpleasant for others.”
Braithwaite, 55, of Moray Road, London, was arrested and charged with aggravated burglary and possession of a firearm.
He pleaded not guilty and was sentenced at Southampton Crown Court on February 21 to seven years in prison having been found guilty at an earlier hearing.
Comments(21)
SouthamptonLegend
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7:03pm Thu 7 Mar 13
Eric_Cartman wrote:They did!
They should build a wall around London
On the inside
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9:07pm Thu 7 Mar 13
cantthinkofone
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9:23pm Thu 7 Mar 13
beiroot
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11:15pm Thu 7 Mar 13
SotonLad
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6:22am Fri 8 Mar 13
CharlieOxbridge
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8:34am Fri 8 Mar 13
Raxx
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9:01am Fri 8 Mar 13
CharlieOxbridge wrote:Yeah, because London didn't have any drugs crime when it was all white did it?
Another drugs related crime with links back to London, a city with a high proportion of immigrants and ethnic minorities born from many years of uncontrolled mass immigration. This isn’t just an issue about race but a social experiment that has gone horribly wrong caused by former Governments who just swept the problem under the carpet and ignored and with Bulgaria and Romania joining the gravy train next year this will only add to the problem.
Racist idiot.
freefinker
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9:14am Fri 8 Mar 13
Raxx wrote:.. steady now Raxx. That is a bit insulting to idiots. I know quite a few nice, harmless idiots.
CharlieOxbridge wrote:Yeah, because London didn't have any drugs crime when it was all white did it?
Another drugs related crime with links back to London, a city with a high proportion of immigrants and ethnic minorities born from many years of uncontrolled mass immigration. This isn’t just an issue about race but a social experiment that has gone horribly wrong caused by former Governments who just swept the problem under the carpet and ignored and with Bulgaria and Romania joining the gravy train next year this will only add to the problem.
Racist idiot.
kingnotail
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9:46am Fri 8 Mar 13
CharlieOxbridge wrote:You sir, are a class A idiot. London has a history of crime dating back to time immemorial. And just how far back do you have to go to find 'non-immigrants'? More than a thousand years at least.
Another drugs related crime with links back to London, a city with a high proportion of immigrants and ethnic minorities born from many years of uncontrolled mass immigration. This isn’t just an issue about race but a social experiment that has gone horribly wrong caused by former Governments who just swept the problem under the carpet and ignored and with Bulgaria and Romania joining the gravy train next year this will only add to the problem.
PS London or Southampton? I know where I'd rather be.
CharlieOxbridge
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9:47am Fri 8 Mar 13
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jonnyx
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12:32pm Fri 8 Mar 13
CharlieOxbridge wrote:ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.been a frustrating week has it charlie? you swivel-eyed, foil hat wearing loon.
Another drugs related crime with links back to London, a city with a high proportion of immigrants and ethnic minorities born from many years of uncontrolled mass immigration. This isn’t just an issue about race but a social experiment that has gone horribly wrong caused by former Governments who just swept the problem under the carpet and ignored and with Bulgaria and Romania joining the gravy train next year this will only add to the problem.
jonnyx
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12:36pm Fri 8 Mar 13
CharlieOxbridge wrote:classic. just post a load of random non-clickable website addresses - that'll prove your point.
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don-riots-drug-deale
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rk-duggan-is-jailed-
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rime-court/pair_clea
red_of_turnpike_lane
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1969804
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4.Drugs_gang_jailed_
for_over_30_years/
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/southampton/9733931
.Crackdown_launched_
on_London_drug_gangs
_moving_into_city/
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.co.uk/news/10206669
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gang_jailed/
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kingnotail
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4:03pm Fri 8 Mar 13
CharlieOxbridge wrote:Nice list, douchebag. London is the capital, has the largest population in the UK (by at least a factor of 8), and is a global point of entry to most of the world, therefore it's not a suprise that organised crime often has links to London. And if you think that all crime linked with London can be exclusively linked to 'immigrants', you are even more stupid than your rabid, UKIP-a**elicking posts make out.
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vertiser.co.uk/news/
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don-riots-drug-deale
r-who-gave-gun-to-ma
rk-duggan-is-jailed-
for-11-years-8510844
.html
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rime-court/pair_clea
red_of_turnpike_lane
_drug_boss_murder_1_
1969804
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/southampton/1023281
4.Drugs_gang_jailed_
for_over_30_years/
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/southampton/9733931
.Crackdown_launched_
on_London_drug_gangs
_moving_into_city/
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.Teenage_dealer_in__
sophisticated__drug_
gang_jailed/
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thecho.co.uk/news/10
000861.Armed_raid_on
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rs/
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nt.co.uk/news/uk/cri
me/1000-police-invol
ved-in-london-drugs-
raids-8159518.html
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http://www.edp24.co.
uk/news/crime/police
_smash_drugs_gang_re
sponsible_for_bringi
ng_class_a_drugs_fro
m_london_to_norfolk_
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/05/police-smash-lon
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kingnotail
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4:04pm Fri 8 Mar 13
jonnyx wrote:Anyone who uses 'oxbridge' as part of their username is guaranteed to be a 2@..
CharlieOxbridge wrote:ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.been a frustrating week has it charlie? you swivel-eyed, foil hat wearing loon.
Another drugs related crime with links back to London, a city with a high proportion of immigrants and ethnic minorities born from many years of uncontrolled mass immigration. This isn’t just an issue about race but a social experiment that has gone horribly wrong caused by former Governments who just swept the problem under the carpet and ignored and with Bulgaria and Romania joining the gravy train next year this will only add to the problem.
rightway
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6:12pm Fri 8 Mar 13
CharlieOxbridge wrote:Remember Charlie O, on this site you can never mention anything derogatory linking immigration with crime before the the do-gooders from the PC brigade are on your case.
Another drugs related crime with links back to London, a city with a high proportion of immigrants and ethnic minorities born from many years of uncontrolled mass immigration. This isn’t just an issue about race but a social experiment that has gone horribly wrong caused by former Governments who just swept the problem under the carpet and ignored and with Bulgaria and Romania joining the gravy train next year this will only add to the problem.
rightway
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6:58pm Fri 8 Mar 13
kingnotail wrote:Did you ever think that Oxbridge may actually be his name, if so, who's the 2@ now.
jonnyx wrote:Anyone who uses 'oxbridge' as part of their username is guaranteed to be a 2@..
CharlieOxbridge wrote:ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.been a frustrating week has it charlie? you swivel-eyed, foil hat wearing loon.
Another drugs related crime with links back to London, a city with a high proportion of immigrants and ethnic minorities born from many years of uncontrolled mass immigration. This isn’t just an issue about race but a social experiment that has gone horribly wrong caused by former Governments who just swept the problem under the carpet and ignored and with Bulgaria and Romania joining the gravy train next year this will only add to the problem.
hythe knights
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7:06pm Fri 8 Mar 13
rightway wrote:Yes the cancer of drugs related crime and grooming is becoming the norm for our guests. The open door policy to destroy our culture and the English people is the final solution of the european order.
CharlieOxbridge wrote:Remember Charlie O, on this site you can never mention anything derogatory linking immigration with crime before the the do-gooders from the PC brigade are on your case.
Another drugs related crime with links back to London, a city with a high proportion of immigrants and ethnic minorities born from many years of uncontrolled mass immigration. This isn’t just an issue about race but a social experiment that has gone horribly wrong caused by former Governments who just swept the problem under the carpet and ignored and with Bulgaria and Romania joining the gravy train next year this will only add to the problem.
kingnotail
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5:57pm Sat 9 Mar 13
rightway wrote:Then anyone who puts their real name on a comments forum is a stupid 2@
kingnotail wrote:Did you ever think that Oxbridge may actually be his name, if so, who's the 2@ now.
jonnyx wrote:Anyone who uses 'oxbridge' as part of their username is guaranteed to be a 2@..
CharlieOxbridge wrote:ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.been a frustrating week has it charlie? you swivel-eyed, foil hat wearing loon.
Another drugs related crime with links back to London, a city with a high proportion of immigrants and ethnic minorities born from many years of uncontrolled mass immigration. This isn’t just an issue about race but a social experiment that has gone horribly wrong caused by former Governments who just swept the problem under the carpet and ignored and with Bulgaria and Romania joining the gravy train next year this will only add to the problem.
kingnotail
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6:01pm Sat 9 Mar 13
rightway wrote:Immigrants are no more, or no less, likely to engage in criminal activity than the 'native' (go on, try making a good definition of that) population. To think otherwise is, in simple terms, to be prejudiced.
CharlieOxbridge wrote:Remember Charlie O, on this site you can never mention anything derogatory linking immigration with crime before the the do-gooders from the PC brigade are on your case.
Another drugs related crime with links back to London, a city with a high proportion of immigrants and ethnic minorities born from many years of uncontrolled mass immigration. This isn’t just an issue about race but a social experiment that has gone horribly wrong caused by former Governments who just swept the problem under the carpet and ignored and with Bulgaria and Romania joining the gravy train next year this will only add to the problem.
kingnotail
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6:02pm Sat 9 Mar 13
kingnotail wrote:PS once again, immigration is being linked with crime in a story where the criminal's name is 'Braithwaite'..
rightway wrote:Immigrants are no more, or no less, likely to engage in criminal activity than the 'native' (go on, try making a good definition of that) population. To think otherwise is, in simple terms, to be prejudiced.
CharlieOxbridge wrote:Remember Charlie O, on this site you can never mention anything derogatory linking immigration with crime before the the do-gooders from the PC brigade are on your case.
Another drugs related crime with links back to London, a city with a high proportion of immigrants and ethnic minorities born from many years of uncontrolled mass immigration. This isn’t just an issue about race but a social experiment that has gone horribly wrong caused by former Governments who just swept the problem under the carpet and ignored and with Bulgaria and Romania joining the gravy train next year this will only add to the problem.
Eric_Cartman says...
6:28pm Thu 7 Mar 13