In an article that shows just how small the world has become with networked technology, the Liverpool Echo reports on a Dallas, Texas man, who reported a crime to local police that he was witnessing on a live web cam that was located in Liverpool, England.<\/p>\n
An Internet user in America caught a gang of thieves raiding a Liverpool store red handed as he logged on to webcam sites.<\/p>\n
The man was sitting at his computer in Dallas, Texas, when he clicked on to a live camera link for the Mathew Street website.<\/p>\n
Expecting to see pictures of the city’s famous Beatles quarter, he was astonished to see three intruders breaking into Blacks outdoor sports store.<\/p>\n
He watched as they propped a ladder on the wall outside the store and smashed a window on Button Street to clamber inside.<\/p>\n
Despite being 4,590 miles away across the Atlantic, the conscientious American immediately telephoned Merseyside police to report the crime.<\/p>\n
Thanks to his diligence, officers were waiting for the crooks and nabbed them as they tried to escape in a getaway car.<\/p>\n
Today, Insp Damian Walsh of Merseyside police told the ECHO: “We were amazed when we were informed the person who reported the offence lived in the USA.<\/p>\n
“But it showed how vital our camera system is to reduce and prevent offences.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n