The cheek of this scroat thief!

[AMG Merc]

Jesus, what a positive approach to his work from this "gentlemen". I wonder if he nicked that pushbike to get him to the job as he seems to leave it behind...

Appeal to identify thief caught on CCTV.On the morning of Sunday 5 July, a thief cycled into Goston Gardens, Thornton Heath and tested the doors of all the parked cars on the driveways.

Audacious thief caught on CCTV breaking into Audi A5 in #Croydon Call 101 with any information ref 186975

https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk/status/63717476004...

Apologies if previously posted - to many threads to trawl through.

[Ste1987]

I once accidentally left my car open, in a roughish area of Leeds, and was robbed of:

Sat- Nav, which my grandad gave to me as he didn't use it
Cheap pair of sunglasses
CD wallet full of CD-R's
2 work shirts with company logo stitched into them

Never contacted police, should know better!

[JuniorD]

With fondness I recall the recent "do you lock your car" thread. Surprisingly quite a few people don't bother with that sort of thing.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[vtecyo]

My car was broken into outside my house in Horfield, Bristol.

They stole a Goodmans CD player that didn't work. Left the £100 squash racket, and toolbox - both of which were on the back seats. Morons.

[clonmult]

vtecyo said:

My car was broken into outside my house in Horfield, Bristol.

They stole a Goodmans CD player that didn't work. Left the £100 squash racket, and toolbox - both of which were on the back seats. Morons.

A mates sister had her car stolen years back (somewhere west midlands iirc). She got back to find that they'd left her tapes (yes, it was years back). I recall her musical taste being the crooning of Michael Bolton ...

[ubbs]

Some st nicked my smiley off the back window gave up after they realised it won't come in one piece,

[londonbabe]

I once left a car with a piano-accordion on the back seat while I went shopping. After about half an hour I realised I'd left the window open. Panicking I ran back to the car, but it was too late. Someone had already chucked another couple of accordions in there.

[soad]

londonbabe said:

I once left a car with a piano-accordion on the back seat while I went shopping. After about half an hour I realised I'd left the window open. Panicking I ran back to the car, but it was too late. Someone had already chucked another couple of accordions in there.

[Ste1987]

ubbs said:

Some st nicked my smiley off the back window gave up after they realised it won't come in one piece,

That reminds me, on my last car I got some windbreakers. They got nicked one night and snapped one of them and left a big chunk behind, so they'll be no good to anyone

[AMG Merc]

soad said:

Good one

Seriously though, some scroat stole a wheel bolt from my TR whilst in the goodwood car park earlier this year . Factory replacement = £69

[DonnyMac]

The link doesn't seem to work for me and I'm in the area, would like to see the details.

[soad]

DonnyMac said:

The link doesn't seem to work for me and I'm in the area, would like to see the details.

It's from this twitter feed:
https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk

[otolith]

vtecyo said:

My car was broken into outside my house in Horfield, Bristol.

They stole a Goodmans CD player that didn't work. Left the £100 squash racket, and toolbox - both of which were on the back seats. Morons.

I guess the pub car park value of a broken Goodmans CD player is much the same as a functional one, and more than a squash racquet or tool box.

[AMG Merc]

I would understand the stillness of the street but its 838am Sunday morning. Was there a street party there Saturday night and every one of the residents is hung-over?

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

vtecyo said:

both of which were on the back seats. Morons.

Oh the irony

[tony wright]

What happened at the end when the home owner confronted him?

[Morningside]

Years ago I got my CB stolen.
I also had all the petrol siphoned from my mini. Fuel reading was never that great on the mini and I thought it was playing up as usual. Got just out of the village and it conked out. Informed police and some bloke got arrested and admitted to stealing mine and some others (was using it to fill his escort to get home). Went to court and I got compensation of about £3! Well it was a while back.

[funkyrobot]

I know someone who owned an old Landrover. On multiple occasions, his fog lights were stolen.

After around the third time, he discretely attached razor blades to the back of the lights. One morning, he got to the vehicle and saw blood all over the lights.

They were never stolen again.

[AMG Merc]

funkyrobot said:

I know someone who owned an old Landrover. On multiple occasions, his fog lights were stolen.

After around the third time, he discretely attached razor blades to the back of the lights. One morning, he got to the vehicle and saw blood all over the lights.

They were never stolen again.

Effective that

[otolith]

Definite compo opportunity for the fog light thief there.