Erith man Lee Wells fears pictures could be in hands of paedophile after Cash Generator loses laptop

8:00am Wednesday 21st March 2012 in News By Kelly Smale

Lee Wells Lee Wells

A FATHER-OF-TWO whose laptop was lost by a loans company fears pictures of his daughter could be in the hands of a paedophile.

Lee Wells, of West Street, Erith, handed in his laptop to Cash Generator, in Erith Riverside Shopping Centre, on December 30 last year as he needed extra money for Christmas presents.

He was given £40 as part of the 'buyback' service, which offers instant cash with the option to buy back the item within 28 days.

But when Mr Wells returned to the store on January 25 he was told his laptop was missing.

Mr Wells told News Shopper: "There were 256 pictures of my four-year-old daughter on there and they are the only ones I have of her.

"I didn't have a lock on it. I'm scared all those pictures could be in the hands of a paedophile. Anyone could have those pictures."

The 38-year-old added: "I'm fuming. I will never go back to that shop again.

"I have had to go to the doctors for anti-depressant tablets because it's really got to me. I can't sleep because I'm constantly worrying."

Mr Wells, who runs Lethal Promotions, also produces music and claims five months worth of samples were lost when the laptop went missing.

Cash Generator has given Mr Wells a replacement laptop and a portable hard drive.

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Mr Wells said: "I can't recreate those sounds again, I have to start from scratch.

"It doesn't bring my daughter's pictures back. I can never replace them."

A spokesman for Cash Generator said: "Cash Generator has liaised closely with Mr Lee since this matter came to light and has been resolved to his satisfaction."

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toffeeapple says...
8:24am Wed 21 Mar 12

Shoulda backed-it-up....

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the wall says...
9:40am Wed 21 Mar 12

What a fool.

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bothered44 says...
10:19am Wed 21 Mar 12

If the pictures were that precious to you, you wouldn't have pawned your laptop in the first place! Pathetic! Sorry i know people need cash but clear your laptop first, especially if you have personal stuff on there. What a muppet!

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cookster says...
11:43am Wed 21 Mar 12

Speechless, mainly at the fact that the News Shopper published this.

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PLR2207 says...
11:45am Wed 21 Mar 12

What a joke !

1. If things are so important to you then you keep a copy...

2. If you are going to pawn your laptop then you wipe it first.

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Gavinp says...
11:52am Wed 21 Mar 12

at the very least a password would of been free and easy to put on to stop your average user.

Lee Wells, of West Street, Erith, handed in his laptop to Cash Generator, in Erith Riverside Shopping Centre, on December 30 last year as he needed extra money for Christmas presents.

Why did he still need money on december 30th for presents?

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Dr Lester Piggott says...
12:43pm Wed 21 Mar 12

The NS has become the The Jeremy Kyle Show on paper/online.
Do the idiots reported on here get paid , or what ?

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Jeepo 11 says...
1:44pm Wed 21 Mar 12

Lee Wells, cry baby too. Don't like what people think of you, so get comments deleted.
Waa, waa, waa. Grow up you idiot.

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gemmy says...
1:53pm Wed 21 Mar 12

Is this Lee Wells the same guy whose user name on Facebook 'Lee Lethal Wells'. If it is, he posted an interesting post on the 15th March

'new workhorse production lappy in the house! quad core 500gig hard drive 4gig ddr 3 & 320gig portable hard drive too! want to know the best bit? absolutley 100% free thankyou very much dell.co.uk for the sponsorship of lethal promotions uk! i also donated my old lappy to a very needy charity! ...'

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Jeepo 11 says...
2:07pm Wed 21 Mar 12

Love it gemmy, you got Lethal Lee bang to rights. There's even a photo of him, what a clown.



Lee Lethal Wells

March 15 near London, England.


RIGHT FACEF*CKERS I'M OFF SKI TO PICK UP MY NEW PRODUCTION BEAST OF A LAPTOP! have a few scrumpies & GET SOME SUUUUUUUUNNNNNN!!! later on biatches pmsl lethal loves you all you know who your all are! xxx

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gemmy says...
2:28pm Wed 21 Mar 12

Jeepo 11 wrote:
Love it gemmy, you got Lethal Lee bang to rights. There's even a photo of him, what a clown.



Lee Lethal Wells

March 15 near London, England.


RIGHT FACEF*CKERS I'M OFF SKI TO PICK UP MY NEW PRODUCTION BEAST OF A LAPTOP! have a few scrumpies & GET SOME SUUUUUUUUNNNNNN!!! later on biatches pmsl lethal loves you all you know who your all are! xxx
He seems very worried to me (not) and if he is worried about photos falling into the wrong hands why isn't his security settings on Facebook higher?

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MsChevious says...
4:47pm Thu 22 Mar 12

Two points - one made very well by others posters, if you're pawning your laptop you should've backed up the photos.

The other - he's worried about paedophiles?!?! Is he admitting that he had pornographic pictures of his child on his laptop?! As far as I'm aware paedophiles are probably not all that interested in everyday pictures of kids, they're a bit more depraived!

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Gavinp says...
7:33am Fri 23 Mar 12

im well confused now. Hes got a laptop for free that most of us could only dream of owning?

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Mrs Tait says...
9:54am Fri 23 Mar 12

Oh my, I read with interest that poor Mr Wells lost his photos lol.......this man stole the said laptop from one of my friends and her children, the laptop was never his in the first place!!! He is a crook and when she went round to pick the laptop up WITH her 3 young children he refused to answer the door, pathetic wimp. That Dell computer should be my friends I'm sickened by this !!!

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Charliechoc89 says...
10:49am Fri 23 Mar 12

I can also back up what Mrs Tait has said, this laptop wasnt his to pawn in the first place, it belonged to a single mum with 3 children, who's photos where also on this laptop. How cash converters can allow someone to pawn something without proof that it is theirs is beyond me!!! While he is playing with his new toy, he should spare a thought for the 3 children who cannot afford a new one!!!!!

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Gavinp says...
11:57am Fri 23 Mar 12

if its found perhaps the pictures of the people who it was stolen off would be sufficient proof to get it back?
In the mean time if all of this is true then the man must be incredibly stupid!!??

perhaps a email to dell some one?

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Mrs Tait says...
12:10pm Fri 23 Mar 12

Yes it is all true and yes there should be photos and things which would be proof that the laptop did not belong to him. I'm thinking of going to cash converters and asking them to retrieve the Dell laptop as really, he pawned a stolen item !

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Mrs Tait says...
12:10pm Fri 23 Mar 12

Yes it is all true and yes there should be photos and things which would be proof that the laptop did not belong to him. I'm thinking of going to cash converters and asking them to retrieve the Dell laptop as really, he pawned a stolen item !

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the wall says...
1:34pm Fri 23 Mar 12

Mrs Tait wrote:
Oh my, I read with interest that poor Mr Wells lost his photos lol.......this man stole the said laptop from one of my friends and her children, the laptop was never his in the first place!!! He is a crook and when she went round to pick the laptop up WITH her 3 young children he refused to answer the door, pathetic wimp. That Dell computer should be my friends I'm sickened by this !!!
Did she report this to the Police?

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Mrs Tait says...
2:54pm Fri 23 Mar 12

No she didn't as she was seeing him at the time and trusted him to give it back to her, she is not the type to make a big thing of it, it was last year and she just accepted she wouldn't get it back. All was forgotten until we saw this article in the Newsshopper, what should we do ???

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ron1952 says...
3:20pm Fri 23 Mar 12

Oi Wells now sort it out you slippery vag. Get the lady and her children their lap top back.

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the wall says...
4:09pm Fri 23 Mar 12

Mrs Tait wrote:
No she didn't as she was seeing him at the time and trusted him to give it back to her, she is not the type to make a big thing of it, it was last year and she just accepted she wouldn't get it back. All was forgotten until we saw this article in the Newsshopper, what should we do ???
Depends on how far you want to take it.

You could start here
www.citizensadvice.o
rg.uk

or

Go to the Police and see what they say.

Funny how Wells has this all singing and dancing laptop, is in the local paper.... but hasn't come on here to defend himself.

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bizzymum says...
8:17pm Fri 23 Mar 12

If this is true then wow what a vile man!

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Witchkid says...
6:45am Sat 24 Mar 12

Looks like this bloke's efforts to get himself some publicity have come back to bite him in the a*se! Maybe NS should go and interview him again........LOL

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EverardEdbutt says...
10:15am Sat 24 Mar 12

Mrs Tait wrote:
Yes it is all true and yes there should be photos and things which would be proof that the laptop did not belong to him. I'm thinking of going to cash converters and asking them to retrieve the Dell laptop as really, he pawned a stolen item !
If the laptop is yours then you will be able to prove ownership by producing your receipt or using the serial number (that you should have noted as soon as you got it). If you have the serial number you can use Cash Generators computer system to prove it was your laptop that was pawned as Cash Generators/Converter
s always take down and record the serial number. Take your proof of purchase or the serial number to the Police and let them deal with it from there

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Jeepo12 says...
11:13am Sat 24 Mar 12

Yea come on NS send Fisky round and ask for the lady and her childrens lap top back. This A hole took the p1ss out of you getting his sob story printed, now take the chance to really turn the heat on his sorry Rse.

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rudders26 says...
3:06pm Sat 24 Mar 12

Surely you are not suggesting that the NS actually does some investigative journalism!!! Ms Smale are you up for the task?

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flapsy69 says...
4:19pm Sat 24 Mar 12

hi i am joanne the the lady who the laptop belonged too, thanks for everyone for ur support, i had contacted police but they said it was a civil matter, i kept going round to lees address he would not answer the door but knew he was there as he looked out window then next time i went he sent a friend to the door saying that lee no longer lived there, how pathectic lee u must think i was born yesterday, all i wanted was our laptop back you no that it belongs to my children, i just want everyone to no what a nasty piece of work you are and what rubbish u wanted money for christmas presents more like drugs. anyone no anymore info on this plz contact me on joanne.haxell@yahoo.
co.uk what goes around comes around lee!!!!!!

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flapsy69 says...
4:23pm Sat 24 Mar 12

yea come on lee come and defend yourself!!!

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Witchkid says...
7:21am Sun 25 Mar 12

Strange, his Facebook page has disappeared. What's the problem, Lee? TOO much publicity? LOL

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Witchkid says...
8:05am Sun 25 Mar 12

It would seem that this article has gone viral. It's appearing in local news sites, computer websites, and even American news sites - complete with comments! Just goes to show you can run but you can't hide.....

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ron1952 says...
1:52pm Sun 25 Mar 12

Right Wells fancy yaself a bit of a DJ do ya ? Well Ronny spins a few choones too. House is what the Ronster spins and moves too.
I picked this for you boi.

http://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=8BP3fiUpb
10

Cassius - The Sound Of Violence (Narcotic Thrust Edit)

Now be a nice boy and get the lady her laptop back...please.

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Dr Lester Piggott says...
5:16pm Sun 25 Mar 12

Well as I've said before I'm a gynacologist and I've looked at thousands of vaginas over the years. I can tell just by looking at Wells he is one.
Something very fishy about him.

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dan1010 says...
5:27pm Sun 25 Mar 12

This story should never have been published. The guy is obviously scum so why didn't NS do a bit of investigating before they fell for his ridicules story about pedophiles and Christmas money. NS this was a bad call.

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Donna_T says...
9:23pm Sun 25 Mar 12

Lee Lethal Wells, dont make me laugh. One of my friends went out with him for a while, she calls him One Minute Wells. Wham Bam and its over. LOL
She packed him up when she found out about his boyfriend (s).

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Gavinp says...
9:37pm Sun 25 Mar 12

woah!

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Witchkid says...
6:53am Mon 26 Mar 12

Donna_T wrote:
Lee Lethal Wells, dont make me laugh. One of my friends went out with him for a while, she calls him One Minute Wells. Wham Bam and its over. LOL
She packed him up when she found out about his boyfriend (s).
Now that one was seriously below the belt, in more ways that one! Seems to me this bloke should either replace his ex's laptop and keep his head down for a while, or emigrate!

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Jeepo12 says...
11:24am Mon 26 Mar 12

Come on Wells come out of your closet, ( LOL ) get the woman her lap top back you A hole.

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Gavinp says...
11:34am Mon 26 Mar 12

I wouldnt like to be in his shoes right now!

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Witchkid says...
11:39am Mon 26 Mar 12

NS reporter: "So, Lee, what steps are you going to take?"

Lee: "Bloody great big ones!" *disappears over the horizon at a rate of knots*

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Jeepo12 says...
11:59am Mon 26 Mar 12

Come out come out where ever you are lethal Lee.

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Rev. Sue Scottley says...
5:03pm Mon 26 Mar 12

I agree with The Wall (yeah, it happens) and the others who are saying the lady should go to the police or the CAB to find out about making a claim against this so-called man.

I don't understand though - perhaps someone can clarify. Does he now have TWO laptops, the one he got from Cash Converters and another one from Dell? Why exactly then did he go whinging to the NS?

There must be someone in Orpington itching to do some actual journalism - is this guy a fraudster all round?

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Rev. Sue Scottley says...
5:04pm Mon 26 Mar 12

Cash Generator, not Converters. My bad,

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Witchkid says...
6:44pm Mon 26 Mar 12

Rev. Sue Scottley wrote:
I agree with The Wall (yeah, it happens) and the others who are saying the lady should go to the police or the CAB to find out about making a claim against this so-called man.

I don't understand though - perhaps someone can clarify. Does he now have TWO laptops, the one he got from Cash Converters and another one from Dell? Why exactly then did he go whinging to the NS?

There must be someone in Orpington itching to do some actual journalism - is this guy a fraudster all round?
As far as I understand, he stole his ex's children's laptop, then pawned it at Cash Generator. They apparently lost it, so he whinged to NS, who got onto CG. It looks like CG gave him the Dell, but being as how he's a liar as well as a thief, he claimed on his Fb page that Dell 'donated' it to him and were sponsoring his business. He then claimed to have donated his old one to charity to make himself look good. I suppose when you think you're a star DJ (LOL) and want everyone else to think so too, it doesn't do to let them know the truth.

As an aside, I note that he claims to be 38? Must have had a very hard life to look that rough. I've seen 50 year olds looking better...

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ron1952 says...
7:09pm Mon 26 Mar 12

Donna_T wrote:
Lee Lethal Wells, dont make me laugh. One of my friends went out with him for a while, she calls him One Minute Wells. Wham Bam and its over. LOL
She packed him up when she found out about his boyfriend (s).
Well Donna I must say I had my gaydar alerted with Lethal Lees pose, a little effeminate me thinks. Come on Lee you're just late bloomer dear.

Ron x

PS, I must find another choon for you luv.

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ron1952 says...
7:23pm Mon 26 Mar 12

This is for you Lee a special tune from my library. This is a house classic son.

http://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=LDS7boNwt
Kk

Frankie Knuckles - Tears

" so many tears "... ;)

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Rev. Sue Scottley says...
7:49pm Mon 26 Mar 12

Witchkid wrote:
Rev. Sue Scottley wrote:
I agree with The Wall (yeah, it happens) and the others who are saying the lady should go to the police or the CAB to find out about making a claim against this so-called man.

I don't understand though - perhaps someone can clarify. Does he now have TWO laptops, the one he got from Cash Converters and another one from Dell? Why exactly then did he go whinging to the NS?

There must be someone in Orpington itching to do some actual journalism - is this guy a fraudster all round?
As far as I understand, he stole his ex's children's laptop, then pawned it at Cash Generator. They apparently lost it, so he whinged to NS, who got onto CG. It looks like CG gave him the Dell, but being as how he's a liar as well as a thief, he claimed on his Fb page that Dell 'donated' it to him and were sponsoring his business. He then claimed to have donated his old one to charity to make himself look good. I suppose when you think you're a star DJ (LOL) and want everyone else to think so too, it doesn't do to let them know the truth.

As an aside, I note that he claims to be 38? Must have had a very hard life to look that rough. I've seen 50 year olds looking better...
Ahhh, I get it now. Bit slow on the uptake today, me.

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dan1010 says...
8:22pm Mon 26 Mar 12

Dear god he's only 38. He looks old enough to be my dad and I'm 40. Crack is an evil drug let his picture be warning to anybody thinking of trying it.

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bizzymum says...
9:19pm Mon 26 Mar 12

Sadly looking at his page on Sound Cloud website (google that with Lee Wells) this is not the first time he has lost a couple of laptops and states that with the help of 'friends' he has acquired equipment to help him get up and running again. I do hope Cash Generators (&/or Dell) will be investigating him!

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ron1952 says...
9:45pm Mon 26 Mar 12

Thank you bizzymum, wot an A hole he is larging it to everyone.

"But thanks to friends & record labels/companies im recooperating some of these & with mp3’s/downloads
I am getting there,I am also in the process of building 2 new pc’s & to start again from scratch.
So it will not be long before I’m back on my feet & back out there….. see you soon one love to all, lethal Peace!!! "

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Witchkid says...
9:46pm Mon 26 Mar 12

bizzymum wrote:
Sadly looking at his page on Sound Cloud website (google that with Lee Wells) this is not the first time he has lost a couple of laptops and states that with the help of 'friends' he has acquired equipment to help him get up and running again. I do hope Cash Generators (&/or Dell) will be investigating him!
Not sure the Lee Wells on Soundcloud is the same guy. The one I found is in Los Angeles.

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Witchkid says...
9:54pm Mon 26 Mar 12

Aha! Google Lethal Lee Wells on Soundcloud and there he is. Lee Wells on Soundcloud is an American DJ.

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bizzymum says...
10:32pm Mon 26 Mar 12

Yep that's him soundcloud.com/letha
llee -feel v. sorry for the poor kids who have lost a family laptop. You know Lee (cos we all know you're reading this) some publicity can be a bit of a bad thing. I think you just found fame for all the wrong reasons.

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BoobzMcGee says...
1:37pm Tue 27 Mar 12

It's no wonder Dell once had financial difficulties, if they give away pc equipment to kn0bs like this one! They'd be better off donating spares to schools. What an ar5e Lee is...can't say i've heard any of his music...and I don't particularly wish too!!

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gemmy says...
12:14pm Wed 28 Mar 12

Come on NewsShopper, there should be a follow up to this story

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