Kidnapping was always high on the list of extortion scenarios when it came to extracting money from wealthy families, but it seems that criminals also are avid watchers of crime shows on TV. Yesterday we had a new twist to extortion when a bandit walked into a home in a wealthy north shore suburb and attached a bomb to the body of a business mans eighteen year old daughter.
This investigation is still being played out and the final outcome is yet to be revealed, but we have the bomb squad in attendance and obviously great care must be taken to remove this explosive device without it exploding and killing the victim.
Just about every long running crime show on TV has used this form of crime scenario at some time or other. The only mystery is why this has not been used in reality crime more often. The danger is that now it has created such high attention on the TV news it will draw the attention of copycat criminals.
It could become the prime nightmare of every wealthy family in this country. The prospect of a technically brilliant criminal attaching a booby trapped bomb to the neck of a loved one - and threatening to activate it by remote control unless money is paid could become real.
The trouble with scientific advancement is that it not only brings benefits to us all, but it also bestows new crime opportunities to the criminal fraternity.
No doubt that the public - and the criminal classes - will follow this ongoing crime in Sydney with interest !
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