Burnt body found at Sainsbury's store (From Wiltshire Times)
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Burnt body found at Sainsbury's store
8:51am Tuesday 7th August 2012 in Chippenham
Police seal off the entrance of the Sainsbury's store this morning
A burnt body was discovered at the Sainsbury's store in Bath Road, Chippenham, in the early hours of this morning.
The body was burnt beyond recognition and police are now investigating.
Both entrances to the supermarket have been sealed off while police carry out their work, and the store is expected to be closed for the rest of the day.
Some traffic chaos was caused this morning as customers tried to enter the store, and people are now being advised to stay away.
In a statement police said: "At approximately 3am this morning a dog handler on a routine patrol discovered a fire in part of the Sainsbury’s car park in Bath Road, Chippenham.
"The fire service attended, extinguished the fire and the area was cordoned off.
"Once the fire was put out, the police discovered a body within the debris.
"It is too early to say whether this incident is suspicious but enquiries continue."
A Sainsbury’s spokesperson said the store was shut and everything possible was being done to help police.
Police are asking for anyone who was in the area of the Sainsbury’s car park between midnight and 3am to come forward and speak to them.
Anyone with information should call 101 or, anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Police say they are still unsure if the death is suspicious or not, and that they are pursuing all lines of inquiry.
Sector inspector for Chippenham Martin Schorah said: “I can confirm that we are dealing with a badly burned body.
“This was discovered by an officer on foot patrol after we received a call from night guards at Sainsbury’s.”
Jess Dick, who was staying in Taunton Close with her 17-month-old daughter last night, said she was shocked by the discovery.
“This is such a safe and quiet place to live, so it’s really shocking,” she said.
Police have confirmed that the bodt us that of an adult after speculation that it could be missing 12-year-old Tia Sharpe.
Tia was last seen leaving her grandmother's home in New Addington, south-east London, at around midday on Friday after telling relatives she was going to the Whitgift Centre in Croydon town centre.
Comments(45)
boudicca rocks!
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11:01am Tue 7 Aug 12
Condolences to the victims family and friends.
old 'arry
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12:41pm Tue 7 Aug 12
notscot
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12:55pm Tue 7 Aug 12
frosch wrote:Of course it will be treated as suspicious - they can't wait a couple of days for the coroner THEN seal off the area as a potential crime scene.
It is too early to say whether this incident is suspicious but enquiries continue."
well it sounds suspicious to me or is it usual in Chippenham to cremate bodies in a supermarket car park in the middle of the night
Sad to say, it may not have been suspicious.
antmanrob
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1:01pm Tue 7 Aug 12
JesseLake
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1:12pm Tue 7 Aug 12
notscot
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7:03pm Tue 7 Aug 12
notscot
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7:05pm Tue 7 Aug 12
notscot wrote:I'm hoping someone is going to say it's wrong - please, anyone?
Anyone seen the report in the Mail? Report of 3 people seen on cctv cameras dousing a tramp in fuel & setting light to him/her?.
dragon22
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7:19pm Tue 7 Aug 12
umpcah
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7:56pm Tue 7 Aug 12
notscot wrote:If that`s what it states in The Mail or similar comics it`s very unlikely to be true !
Anyone seen the report in the Mail? Report of 3 people seen on cctv cameras dousing a tramp in fuel & setting light to him/her?.
Calyo
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8:05pm Tue 7 Aug 12
.co.uk/news/article-
2184909/Chippenham-t
ramp-set-killed-3-th
ugs-slept-Sainsburys
-car-park.html
vodo90
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8:06pm Tue 7 Aug 12
umpcah wrote:Is the petrol station even open at 12am and also I have been up there late at night and lived in Chippenham for 12 years I have never once seen a homeless person in the car park SLEEPING. This was a murder undoubtably and I think that even though we will find out who this is we will never find out who did it!!!
notscot wrote:If that`s what it states in The Mail or similar comics it`s very unlikely to be true !
Anyone seen the report in the Mail? Report of 3 people seen on cctv cameras dousing a tramp in fuel & setting light to him/her?.
vodo90
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8:20pm Tue 7 Aug 12
.co.uk/sainsburys-pe
trol-station-chippen
ham. Station was closed daily mail done it agian
Calyo
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8:27pm Tue 7 Aug 12
notscot
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8:51pm Tue 7 Aug 12
vodo90 wrote:There is a guy who sleeps rough all over chippenham - in all sorts of weird places, There's others, too. And there's only one "hostel" in chippenham.
umpcah wrote:Is the petrol station even open at 12am and also I have been up there late at night and lived in Chippenham for 12 years I have never once seen a homeless person in the car park SLEEPING. This was a murder undoubtably and I think that even though we will find out who this is we will never find out who did it!!!
notscot wrote:If that`s what it states in The Mail or similar comics it`s very unlikely to be true !
Anyone seen the report in the Mail? Report of 3 people seen on cctv cameras dousing a tramp in fuel & setting light to him/her?.
Wiltshirebornandbred
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9:09pm Tue 7 Aug 12
well oill beef hooked
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11:30pm Tue 7 Aug 12
Wiltshirebornandbred wrote:its not as though you can see anything, no different than looking at pics of a car wreck that someone died in.
I am appalled by your picture! Why is there any need to show the remains of this pour soul? I didn't realise at first what I was looking at in your picture, which is also shown on The Daily Mail website and no doubt will appear in theirs and your papers tomorrow. I would like to suggest the picture is removed and that you start a fund to raise money for their funeral, at least they can have a dignified and decent send off.
Wiltshirebornandbred
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11:40pm Tue 7 Aug 12
well oill beef hooked wrote:you can see his actual body in the 2nd picture. So very different than showing a wrecked car once the victim is removed.
Wiltshirebornandbred wrote:its not as though you can see anything, no different than looking at pics of a car wreck that someone died in.
I am appalled by your picture! Why is there any need to show the remains of this pour soul? I didn't realise at first what I was looking at in your picture, which is also shown on The Daily Mail website and no doubt will appear in theirs and your papers tomorrow. I would like to suggest the picture is removed and that you start a fund to raise money for their funeral, at least they can have a dignified and decent send off.
willbaroo
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1:47am Wed 8 Aug 12
If so - please get in touch with the police because they are having a hard time identifying the body.
Do us all a flavor and jump off the band wagon. Its boring!
dragon22
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1:52am Wed 8 Aug 12
Gazetter 1
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8:49am Wed 8 Aug 12
vodo90 wrote:After reading the news all I hope is that the offenders are caught and punished.
http://opening-times
.co.uk/sainsburys-pe
trol-station-chippen
ham. Station was closed daily mail done it agian
Whatever next will happen!
Gazetter 1
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8:54am Wed 8 Aug 12
il.co.uk/news/articl
e-2184909/Chippenham
-tramp-set-killed-3-
thugs-slept-Sainsbur
ys-car-park.html.
Still very tragic and as I have previously said in that the culprits are punished
willbaroo
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10:09am Wed 8 Aug 12
dragon22 wrote:I refer you to my original question? How do YOU know it's the body?
Its the charred mess of whatever remains of the debris and the body! So yes, in all honesty it is insensitive! One of the national rags has an even clearer image that i've already complained about. The story explains what has happened, why is the picture required!! And its "favour" not "flavor"
Are you working on the case?
Did you see the forensic teams leave with the remains after the photo was taken?
The grim fact is you don't. You're assuming it is because of what you can see via a 480px × 354px photo.
Mystery Mike
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11:02am Wed 8 Aug 12
willbaroo wrote:I agree, it seems dragon22 is being offended for the sake of being offended. If that pic really did offend you so much, you've been living a very, very sheltered life.
dragon22 wrote:I refer you to my original question? How do YOU know it's the body?
Its the charred mess of whatever remains of the debris and the body! So yes, in all honesty it is insensitive! One of the national rags has an even clearer image that i've already complained about. The story explains what has happened, why is the picture required!! And its "favour" not "flavor"
Are you working on the case?
Did you see the forensic teams leave with the remains after the photo was taken?
The grim fact is you don't. You're assuming it is because of what you can see via a 480px × 354px photo.
And 'flavor' is an idiosyncratic twist on the word 'favour', or do you take absolutely everything this seriously?
Wiltshirebornandbred
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12:47pm Wed 8 Aug 12
jigsaw 5
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1:02pm Wed 8 Aug 12
willbaroo
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1:14pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Roy-Orbit of Chippenham
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1:18pm Wed 8 Aug 12
dragon22
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3:21pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Mystery Mike wrote:I know it was the body from the simple fact that it was not removed from the scene until several hours after the photo and article were posted as reported by wiltshire police. As for being offended I said it was insensitive, I work with dead bodies on a daily basis and it doesn't offend me in the slightest. I suppose we have to assume that G&H removed the picture because 480 x 345 isn't high enough quality then and not because of what it showed?
willbaroo wrote:I agree, it seems dragon22 is being offended for the sake of being offended. If that pic really did offend you so much, you've been living a very, very sheltered life.
dragon22 wrote:I refer you to my original question? How do YOU know it's the body?
Its the charred mess of whatever remains of the debris and the body! So yes, in all honesty it is insensitive! One of the national rags has an even clearer image that i've already complained about. The story explains what has happened, why is the picture required!! And its "favour" not "flavor"
Are you working on the case?
Did you see the forensic teams leave with the remains after the photo was taken?
The grim fact is you don't. You're assuming it is because of what you can see via a 480px × 354px photo.
And 'flavor' is an idiosyncratic twist on the word 'favour', or do you take absolutely everything this seriously?
willbaroo
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4:16pm Wed 8 Aug 12
dragon22
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4:20pm Wed 8 Aug 12
conkir
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4:46pm Thu 9 Aug 12
vodo90 wrote:i must congratulate you on your very insensitive words,perhaps you would like to retract the last paragraph.
umpcah wrote:Is the petrol station even open at 12am and also I have been up there late at night and lived in Chippenham for 12 years I have never once seen a homeless person in the car park SLEEPING. This was a murder undoubtably and I think that even though we will find out who this is we will never find out who did it!!!
notscot wrote:If that`s what it states in The Mail or similar comics it`s very unlikely to be true !
Anyone seen the report in the Mail? Report of 3 people seen on cctv cameras dousing a tramp in fuel & setting light to him/her?.
willbaroo
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8:18pm Thu 9 Aug 12
conkir wrote:So so insensitive...
vodo90 wrote:i must congratulate you on your very insensitive words,perhaps you would like to retract the last paragraph.
umpcah wrote:Is the petrol station even open at 12am and also I have been up there late at night and lived in Chippenham for 12 years I have never once seen a homeless person in the car park SLEEPING. This was a murder undoubtably and I think that even though we will find out who this is we will never find out who did it!!!
notscot wrote:If that`s what it states in The Mail or similar comics it`s very unlikely to be true !
Anyone seen the report in the Mail? Report of 3 people seen on cctv cameras dousing a tramp in fuel & setting light to him/her?.
dragon22
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9:00pm Thu 9 Aug 12
notscot
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10:26pm Thu 9 Aug 12
dragon22 wrote:It's good, though, that you're enjoying a good laugh, mate.
And we're off again!
(Dolt of the week award to this insensitive numpty)
dragon22
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10:30pm Thu 9 Aug 12
notscot
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5:56am Fri 10 Aug 12
dragon22 wrote:Really?
Hahaha! Oh dear!
dragon22
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9:21am Fri 10 Aug 12
notscot wrote:Thats me laughing at him as a person, not with him, if you go back through my posts I think you've read me wrong. He has questioned comments on sensitivity and had to carry on even after the picture was removed.
dragon22 wrote:Really?
Hahaha! Oh dear!
notscot
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7:12am Sat 11 Aug 12
dragon22 wrote:And you both ended up having a
notscot wrote:Thats me laughing at him as a person, not with him, if you go back through my posts I think you've read me wrong. He has questioned comments on sensitivity and had to carry on even after the picture was removed.
dragon22 wrote:Really?
Hahaha! Oh dear!
pee!ng contest.
underdogs
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1:51pm Sun 12 Aug 12
notscot
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9:49pm Sun 12 Aug 12
underdogs wrote:Yes - what truth is that?
A lot of confused conflicting comments here. GAZETTE - ask her friends and neighbours and take a look on the web - plenty more to come about this story - if the truth is published ?
Plenty more to come out - is that fact or gossip?
underdogs
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1:33pm Mon 13 Aug 12
notscot
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3:13pm Mon 13 Aug 12
I said: Yes - what truth is that?
Plenty more to come out - is that fact or gossip?”
You implied that there was "more to this story" - alluding to friends, newspapers and the web.
I asked you if the info was fact or gossip.
Don't get confrontational, get informed?
Who's being confrontational?
Get Informed? By whom? You? Other Newspapers? Her neighbours (who WERE NOT with her when she died.)
You either know something - or you don't.
underdogs
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5:51pm Mon 13 Aug 12
notscot
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6:26pm Mon 13 Aug 12
Rumour & speculation?
Keep your contribution.
frosch says...
10:50am Tue 7 Aug 12
well it sounds suspicious to me or is it usual in Chippenham to cremate bodies in a supermarket car park in the middle of the night