The young Akıncılar smuggler up to his old tricks :(

[iancrumpy]

Most of us well remember the incident in early October where three GC policemen chased a young man, they suspected of smuggling, into his northside village of Akıncılar. The three GC policemen were charged on a number of counts, the most serious being that they were carrying firearms into a TC military zone. The incident and subsequent court cases lead to increased tensions between the two communities, including daily protests at Metehan.
http://www.kibkom.com/forum/en/viewtopi ... 983#p14983

At the time many of us felt the young man should have been questioned more for his actions. What was he doing southside for the police to chase him in the first place? Sadly, it would appear that the TC authorities felt the young man was the innocent party in that incident

Just three months after that incident, according to http://www.gundemkibris.com/coskun-alas ... 48025h.htm that “young man", 19-year-old Coşkun Alaslan, has been up to old tricks again, but this time has actually been arrested ... for stealing and smuggling sheep from the south. He, along with seven others, are to appear in court in Mağusa today.

According to the report Alaslan is suspected of stealing the sheep and then selling them to northside villagers ... his co-defendants are charged with assisting Alaslan in the “redistribution” of the sheep. The report also writes that the police are still searching stables for 200 of the stolen sheep, but apparently have recovered 60 of them ... in Girne's Boğaz, Tirmen and Gönendere.

For some time the GC press has been reporting a story of a GC shepherd (are they still called shepherds?) who was knocked unconscious and had his sheep stolen.

This Alaslan would seem to be a very unpleasant young man: His actions only three months ago caused TC/GC relations to deteriorate to their worst in years ... and then this. If it can be proven that he did indeed assault the GC shepherd, causing him to lose consciousness, then I feel Alaslan should have a severe custodial sentence ... preferably in a southside prison ...

[TRNCVaughan]

Could I just be pedantic for 1 second and say that sheep are not kept in stables, horses are. Sheep are kept in mangers.
Sorry.

[iancrumpy]

Sheep are not kept in stables, horses are. Sheep are kept in mangers.

Therefore stables would be an ideal place to hide stolen sheep

Sheep are kept in mangers.

Actually, as far as I know, "mangers" are merely for eating out of.

In hindsight though, it would have been more appropriate to merely use the word "barn".

[sophie]

Also not wanting to be pedantic, but I thought sheeps were kept in pens, cows in barns, horses in stables, pigs in styes (?spelling) etc. You don't see many stables in the TRNC. Perhaps it's a case of shutting the stable door after the "sheep" have bolted if police have only found 60 out of 200.

[iancrumpy]

Isn't a "barn" just a draughty farm warehouse (eg hay barn etc) that could be used for livestock if necessary.

[paddywack]

Forget the barns, stables, whatever,best to try the local butchers.

[iancrumpy]

Forget the barns, stables, whatever,best to try the local butchers.

[Deniz1]

[Soner]

Deniz1, wanna be a moderator then?

[Soner]

oops

[Rambling Rose]

Seems to me the TRNC Police are to be congratulated here. They may well have always suspected him, but instead of bringing a case against the alleged offender based on the word of the GC Police (which a defence Council could argue was prejudiced , and/or inadmissable in a TC Court and cause more contentıon) they waited until they(presumably) caught him or collected evidence themselves before charging him. A case of "Softly, Softly" (roughly translated as "Yavaş, Yavaş".

[iancrumpy]

Seems to me the TRNC Police are to be congratulated here. They may well have always suspected him, but instead of bringing a case against the alleged offender based on the word of the GC Police (which a defence Council could argue was prejudiced , and/or inadmissable in a TC Court and cause more contentıon) they waited until they(presumably) caught him or collected evidence themselves before charging him. A case of "Softly, Softly" (roughly translated as "Yavaş, Yavaş".

Good point Rose ...

[Deniz1]

Maybe Soner

[wanderer]

Sheep are "penned" or kept in a pen or fold
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen_(enclosure)
Below is a fold that got turned into shops
http://www.wolverhampton.co.uk/listing/ ... soms-Fold/

[DAVPAT]

Sheep are not kept in stables, horses are. Sheep are kept in mangers.

Therefore stables would be an ideal place to hide stolen sheep

Sheep are kept in mangers.

Actually, as far as I know, "mangers" are merely for eating out of.

In hindsight though, it would have been more appropriate to merely use the word "barn".

Ian,

The Bible teaches that Christ was born in a manger,an area for keeping animals.



David

[iancrumpy]

Sheep are kept in mangers.

Actually, as far as I know, "mangers" are merely for eating out of.

Ian,
The Bible teaches that Christ was born in a manger, an area for keeping animals.
David

David,
Indeed it is written that "Christ was born in a manger", but that wasn't an "area" - it was that an animals' trough, out of which they would have eaten

[Rambling Rose]

"Away in a manger, no grib for His bed, the little Lord Jesus lay down his sweet head".My dictionary gives manger as a "feeding trough for horses in a stable" - so the manager was in the stable. And no doubt the cows inthe meadow and the sheep in the corn.!!!!

A manger is actually sized and shaped rather like a cradle, and with some sweet smelling soft and insulating straw would have made a fairly cosy bed for a baby!

PS Nice to see you back, Ian

[astro941]

Sheep can also be kept in a pound and we all know what one of those is worth these days.