Stolen/recovered Aston Martin
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Here is some good news: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-he...
It is actually a memory jog as when I was a small child I went to this house with my father and he had AM's littered around the garden at his cottage in Hinxwoth some had been there so long trees were growing through them and all going to be fixed soon. He had an Ulster which was the pride of his collection and all up and together.
Years later he asked to leave his Empolini three wheeler which was his daily transport at our house when it broke down and returned a few days later on his 50cc Puch GP and fixed the Empolini and departed with the bike in the back.....
It is actually a memory jog as when I was a small child I went to this house with my father and he had AM's littered around the garden at his cottage in Hinxwoth some had been there so long trees were growing through them and all going to be fixed soon. He had an Ulster which was the pride of his collection and all up and together.
Years later he asked to leave his Empolini three wheeler which was his daily transport at our house when it broke down and returned a few days later on his 50cc Puch GP and fixed the Empolini and departed with the bike in the back.....
Wow, that's a pretty impressive result after so many years. The quote below sums up the usual attitude to stolen cars, no matter what their value, though:
BBC News said:
Two men convicted of stealing the car in 2003 failed to return to court for sentencing and have never been caught again.
QuickQuack said:
.......The quote below sums up the usual attitude to stolen cars, no matter what their value, though:
14 years after being stolen and transported abroad, the Police have tracked down the car in Holland and returned it to it's rightful owner - They didn't simply give up on this car, so what does that say about "the usual attitude to stolen cars"? BBC News said:
Two men convicted of stealing the car in 2003 failed to return to court for sentencing and have never been caught again.
That the Law allows convicted criminals an opportunity to escape between conviction and sentencing is more an indictment against the legal system than a summary of "the usual attitude to stolen cars" IMO.
threespires said:
Would the insurance co. have paid out for the car when it was stolen?
The article states it has been returned to the now rightful owner, one Ashley Mack. Had an insurance company paid out then that would have made them the rightful owner of the car not Ashley Mack. Unless Mr Mack has bought it back from an insurance company I would suggest it was either never insured when stolen or any claim that may have been made was unsuccessful.ITV have a picture of Chris with his Ulster just as I remember him: http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2016-06-10/aston-ma...
By 2003 he must have been of some significant age and I am sure that none of the projects in the garden would have been insured. Hinxworth is a small village and extricating the cars would have been quite a task and attracted attention.
It is possible that he was no longer living at home at that stage and that was what allowed it to happen.
As someone has also said - with such a rare car it can never come into public view without the past catching up with it.
By 2003 he must have been of some significant age and I am sure that none of the projects in the garden would have been insured. Hinxworth is a small village and extricating the cars would have been quite a task and attracted attention.
It is possible that he was no longer living at home at that stage and that was what allowed it to happen.
As someone has also said - with such a rare car it can never come into public view without the past catching up with it.
4rephill said:
QuickQuack said:
.......The quote below sums up the usual attitude to stolen cars, no matter what their value, though:
14 years after being stolen and transported abroad, the Police have tracked down the car in Holland and returned it to it's rightful owner - They didn't simply give up on this car, so what does that say about "the usual attitude to stolen cars"? BBC News said:
Two men convicted of stealing the car in 2003 failed to return to court for sentencing and have never been caught again.
That the Law allows convicted criminals an opportunity to escape between conviction and sentencing is more an indictment against the legal system than a summary of "the usual attitude to stolen cars" IMO.
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