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| Xiang Lin threatened to kill a mother's children unless she gave him more money |
AN ILLEGAL immigrant from China who tied up, tortured and robbed his former boss and her children has been jailed.
Xiang Lin was arrested in his car in Kitchener Avenue, Gravesend, on June 2 last year after a two-week search by Kent police.
The 39-year-old was one of three masked men who broke into a plush four-bedroom home in Horsham, Sussex, on May 18 last year.
They tied up and gagged his former boss at a Chinese restaurant and her teenage son and daughter.
Lin, who was living in Gravesend at the time, then used a 50,000 volt stun gun to apply electric shocks to all three of them for an hour before leaving with jewellery and more than £8,000 in cash.
He was jailed for 12 years on May 5 at Lewes Crown Court in Sussex.
The court heard how one of Lin's accomplices has since been murdered by the gangsters who brought him into the country, while the other has fled back to China.
The gang broke into the home through a window and woke up the family by punching them, putting guns in their faces or threatening them with screwdrivers.
Prosecutor John Price said: "The family were subjected to sadistic torture.
"At one stage the leader of the gang became angrier than ever with the mother and threatened the lives of her children if she did not say where more money was.
"He said: You had better come up with it now or your children will die'."
Towards the end of the raid, the gang grabbed a photograph of the family.
Mr Price told the court: "They said they were taking the photo so if they went to the police they would know how to identify them and would make arrangements to kill them."
Lin, who pleaded guilty to robbery and possessing a fake handgun, was caught after a fingerprint left on the window he climbed through was matched to a central database.
Judge Anthony Scott-Gall told him: "You subjected the victims to pain and terror."
He recommended Lin should be deported after finishing his sentence.
9:38am Wednesday 14th May 2008
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CommentPosted by: Your Lord, Erastus Theobald Piggott, The Library on 9:58am Wed 14 May 08
[bold]Xiang Lin[/bold] should be hanged and THEN deported to the nearest shallow pit.
Instead of that, let's pay for his stay in one of Her Majesty's holiday camps.
Hi-de-hi taxpayers!
[bold]Your Lord, Erastus Theobald Piggott[/bold]
Xiang Lin should be hanged and THEN deported to the nearest shallow pit.
Instead of that, let's pay for his stay in one of Her Majesty's holiday camps.
Hi-de-hi taxpayers!
Your Lord, Erastus Theobald Piggott Posted by: Jo, Bromley on 10:15am Wed 14 May 08
Agree with you totally!! Poor family what an awful gand atleast one got their comupance and was killed by the gang
Agree with you totally!! Poor family what an awful gand atleast one got their comupance and was killed by the gang
Posted by: Mark, Dartford on 10:22am Wed 14 May 08
I would be quite happy to get together, with others who are angry with this, to club together and send him home NOW!
I would be quite happy to get together, with others who are angry with this, to club together and send him home NOW!
Posted by: x, kent on 10:48am Wed 14 May 08
i"ll tell u where they should put that stun gun straight up his jacksy ! all 50.000 volts see if he likes it,sick git! wishing the poor family well.
i"ll tell u where they should put that stun gun straight up his jacksy ! all 50.000 volts see if he likes it,sick git! wishing the poor family well.
Posted by: x, kent on 11:05am Wed 14 May 08
oh surprise surprise my comment been removed,unyet when something happened at my house,they were hounding me all dayfor a story wanting photos,thats way i never gave a follow up story when it had been to court because of the way we were treated,and ur still doing it,they even had my phone number[ex dic],ship him home let the sicko spend his sentence there instead of us keeping him.in his country they will string the sicko up!
oh surprise surprise my comment been removed,unyet when something happened at my house,they were hounding me all dayfor a story wanting photos,thats way i never gave a follow up story when it had been to court because of the way we were treated,and ur still doing it,they even had my phone number,ship him home let the sicko spend his sentence there instead of us keeping him.in his country they will string the sicko up!
Posted by: my view on 11:11am Wed 14 May 08
immigration - when will we see the end of it?
immigration - when will we see the end of it?
Posted by: Sunny, London on 11:16am Wed 14 May 08
It is a disgrace. This man had nothing. He came here to work illegally and he disrespected and terrorised his boss. Just get him out of our country and take any of his mates with him. Go back to your own country where your Government can deal with this rubbish. Let this also be a lesson to learn for those who also/still employ illegal immigrants.
It is a disgrace. This man had nothing. He came here to work illegally and he disrespected and terrorised his boss. Just get him out of our country and take any of his mates with him. Go back to your own country where your Government can deal with this rubbish. Let this also be a lesson to learn for those who also/still employ illegal immigrants.
Posted by: Pink Kitten, London on 12:26pm Wed 14 May 08
Why should the tax payer keep this animal in prison, which let's be honest is a holiday camp?
Get him out of this country, all he has done is used and abused people!
Why should the tax payer keep this animal in prison, which let's be honest is a holiday camp?
Get him out of this country, all he has done is used and abused people!
Posted by: jayjay, here on 12:50pm Wed 14 May 08
Yet another monumental waste of the taxpayers money!!! Why can this government not deport scum like this and his ilk instead of spending our cash to keep him here. He is here illegally in the first place. Whats the betting that when he is released in 12 years time he won't be deported back. Lets hope his gangster mates catch up with him and do what they did to his sick friend.
Yet another monumental waste of the taxpayers money!!! Why can this government not deport scum like this and his ilk instead of spending our cash to keep him here. He is here illegally in the first place. Whats the betting that when he is released in 12 years time he won't be deported back. Lets hope his gangster mates catch up with him and do what they did to his sick friend.
Posted by: Me on 1:12pm Wed 14 May 08
DEPORT HIM !
When will we start standing up for OUR country ?
I am slowly leaning more towards the BNP, something i never thought i would do
DEPORT HIM !
When will we start standing up for OUR country ?
I am slowly leaning more towards the BNP, something i never thought i would do
Posted by: Jo, Beckenham on 1:44pm Wed 14 May 08
Send him back to where he came from infact round up all the immigrants in our prisons and send them all back to where they came from then we would be able to house the offenders that actually do come from England - if he was in his native land of china they would probably have cut off his hands!!!
Send him back to where he came from infact round up all the immigrants in our prisons and send them all back to where they came from then we would be able to house the offenders that actually do come from England - if he was in his native land of china they would probably have cut off his hands!!!
Posted by: Quang, Gravesend on 3:01pm Wed 14 May 08
So is there job going in restaurant?
So is there job going in restaurant?
Posted by: Chas, S London on 3:02pm Wed 14 May 08
[quote]quote[/quote] [italic]AN ILLEGAL immigrant from China[/italic] And they had his fingerprints on record? Must of known he was here then.
quote
AN ILLEGAL immigrant from China And they had his fingerprints on record? Must of known he was here then.
Posted by: Fed up with immigrants, London on 3:36pm Wed 14 May 08
[quote][bold]Quang[/bold] wrote:
So is there job going in restaurant?[/quote] No, no no no.
Go home. You do not belong here.
Quang wrote:
So is there job going in restaurant?
No, no no no.
Go home. You do not belong here.
Posted by: Sweet Leaf on 8:20pm Wed 14 May 08
On the BBC news a few weeks ago they said that it costs up to 10 grand to deport an illegal immigrant and who pays for this, no doubt us.
He should just be put to death now and save a lot of money and paperwork.
On the BBC news a few weeks ago they said that it costs up to 10 grand to deport an illegal immigrant and who pays for this, no doubt us.
He should just be put to death now and save a lot of money and paperwork.
Posted by: smiffy, The Bronx on 8:40pm Wed 14 May 08
[quote][bold]Me[/bold] wrote:
DEPORT HIM ! When will we start standing up for OUR country ? I am slowly leaning more towards the BNP, something i never thought i would do[/quote] Lean away, Me !
Lean away !!
It doesnt make you a bad person.
Me wrote:
DEPORT HIM ! When will we start standing up for OUR country ? I am slowly leaning more towards the BNP, something i never thought i would do
Lean away, Me !
Lean away !!
It doesnt make you a bad person.
Posted by: Sunny, London on 10:18am Thu 15 May 08
[quote][bold]Sweet Leaf[/bold] wrote:
On the BBC news a few weeks ago they said that it costs up to 10 grand to deport an illegal immigrant and who pays for this, no doubt us. He should just be put to death now and save a lot of money and paperwork.[/quote] It should be a straight forward drop off and pick up the money.
Sweet Leaf wrote:
On the BBC news a few weeks ago they said that it costs up to 10 grand to deport an illegal immigrant and who pays for this, no doubt us. He should just be put to death now and save a lot of money and paperwork.
It should be a straight forward drop off and pick up the money.
Posted by: pete wright, kent on 8:44pm Thu 15 May 08
[quote][bold]my view[/bold] wrote:
immigration - when will we see the end of it?[/quote] Its the reason we are all to scared to go out at night
my view wrote:
immigration - when will we see the end of it?
Its the reason we are all to scared to go out at night
Posted by: me here............., bexleyheath on 9:36pm Thu 15 May 08
[quote][bold]Me[/bold] wrote:
DEPORT HIM ! When will we start standing up for OUR country ? I am slowly leaning more towards the BNP, something i never thought i would do[/quote] Same here me.
I say bnp all the way and sort this mess of a country out now.BNP BNP BNP.
Me wrote:
DEPORT HIM ! When will we start standing up for OUR country ? I am slowly leaning more towards the BNP, something i never thought i would do
Same here me.
I say bnp all the way and sort this mess of a country out now.BNP BNP BNP.
Posted by: smiffy, The Bronx on 1:21pm Fri 16 May 08
I'll second that !!
Just dont let Norris know.
I'll second that !!
Just dont let Norris know.
Posted by: Sad to be British on 6:01pm Fri 16 May 08
If they send him back he will probably be on the next boat back (or in the back of a lorry), Just do the right thing, torture him then finish him off! He clearly thought it was ok so just give him some of his own treatment.
If they send him back he will probably be on the next boat back (or in the back of a lorry), Just do the right thing, torture him then finish him off! He clearly thought it was ok so just give him some of his own treatment.
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