Friday 4th February 2005

Garage bans gas-guzzler

The fuel-ish things petrolheads will do...

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A petrol-drinking addict has been banned from going into his favourite supermarket after slicing through the store's petrol pump fuel pipes.

Local magistrates applied for and got an ASBO -- anti-social behaviour order -- following incidents where Brian Taylor terrified supermarket staff and customers after having cut pipes, sniffed and drank petrol, and danced around the forecourt of an Asda petrol station while high on fumes.

He was caught in the act on CCTV. The local police sergeant said that the police's main concern was that, when pipes were cut, customers had not noticed until they were soaked in petrol, raising obvious safety issues.

The court heard that there had been 51 similar incidents and that Taylor had cost the chain £6,000 in damage and lost fuel. Taylor was banned from being seen in public with a petrol can, and cannot go anywhere near any filling station on Teeside.

The police added that Taylor, of no fixed abode, was mixing his drinks -- socking back both four-star and diesel, although his favourite tipple is unleaded. There's a lesson for us all...

[will_t]

Will

[miniman]

What an idiot. Everyone knows Optimax is best!

[900T-R]

I wonder whether Richard Porter will get sued now - obviously the guy got the idea from the title of his website...

[mrmaggit]

Have you got a light, boy?

[lanciachris]

Cutting fuel hoses at a petrol station only merits an Anti Social Behaviour Order????????



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[caro]

Criminal damage, surely? hold on, though, clearly diminished responsibility is a factor here...

Ps come back Withnail, all is forgiven.....

[burwoodman]

White spirit and ribena is much nicer

[tonyhetherington]

the most appropriate smiley in the world ever.....

[tinman0]

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[Podie]

I'd been out on the and couldn't find a kebab shop…. :hic:

[caro]

So that's what goes in the chilli sauce - often wondered!

[_VTEC_]

Nothing like a good old JD and Optimax in the evening...

[DeltaFox]

Woner how far he goes on a gallon?

[lanciachris]

[jsr]

[cdp]

Only ever had one mouthful (syphoning the car). I spate it out rather than swallow.

That stuff is pretty nasty, I'm suprised it didn't kill him.

[Nuggs]

IIRC, the story in the Torygraph was that he was sniffing the petrol. Drinking the stuff must surely have life-shortnening consequences...

[Jasper Gilder]

Funny this. 51 incidents when this idiot put people's lives very clearly at risk by stupid behaviour. But you only have to break the speed limit four times and the courts take action to ban you. So am I right in thinking that the police think that this behaviour is 47 times less significant than 47 in a 40?

Lets not pursue this before I start yelling 'Stop the world I want to get off!!'

[stubydoo]

I wonder if he smokes ????

[huwbertus]

cheaper than going to the pub though!