Why blur the face when it was published on Facebook, as well as various media outlets. eg: http://www.stuff.co.nz/4816461a11.html

Queenstown Police has tagged you in a photo...

This is how the NZ Police image now appears in Facebook. It was un-blurred when they were looking to identify him, now that they have, he's an 'alleged' burgler and so they have to protect his identity.

... ha ha, what a tard.

It's nice to know that it's not only our yoofs that are thick as shit.

On a complete tangent, shouldn't the Title inputbox be allowed to fill it's container, and not be constrained to 258px?

Good to see good old Kiwi have a go is alive and well. Got a safe to crack and only an angle grinder and a crowbar? No worries, you'll find a way. Now if only he had thought to bring along the #8 wire . . .

that blocky, no wonder someone recognised him.

I can't believe that NZ's finest needed Facebook for this. How hard can it be to find the only bloke in town with a face like an overcompressed JPEG?

If facebook is the polis now then it had better start applying for overtime straight away.

... & El Reg has to keep it's legal integrity because until the trial, he is still only 'accused.'

He was doing this in a small room which is described as "rather warm at the best of times" and he took his balaclava off because he was sweating.

They showed the footage of him on the TV news when he spotted the camera in the roof. It was priceless watching his face falling faster than Paris Hilton's knickers at the first sign of a video camera.

And they identified him in one day.

The alleged perp didn't see several hundred $$ in coins on the shelf behind him.

FAIL.

I'm sure that the TV news services showing the CCTV footage (not just a still) and taking the piss out of the guy probably had something to do with it; he had the balaclava down at first, but pulled it up when he, supposedly, started getting a bit toasty.

Paris, because she also likes peeling off in front of a camera.

"On a complete tangent, shouldn't the Title inputbox be allowed to fill it's container, and not be constrained to 258px?"

Fair enough. What irritates me is news reports that say that somebody is "alleged" to have done something, even *after* that person has been found guilty and sentenced for the crime.

But then again, why don't we go the whole hog and insist that because accused people (generally, not specific to this case) are *supposedly* innocent until proved guilty, they shouldn't have their NAMES disclosed publicly unless and until they are found guilty.

So do I expect to find 'Arrest' next to 'Throw a chicken at' then?

What a complete tool.

They saw someone stealing transformers from a billboard so took a photo and published it on their own billboard. Classic, great use of the old K.I.*

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4771229a11.html

*(Kiwi Ingenuity)

See title.

LOL