RE: Key theft gang jailed

[Dave Hedgehog]

Steamer said:

Lunablack said:

So an average of 2.2 years each..... I'll bet most don't do 1 year...... That'll learn em

My thoughts exactly - Frickin' 'soft touch' Britain again.

its a joke

they will be straight back at it

[loose cannon]

swerni said:

Then 24 years

[dandarez]

Dave Hedgehog said:

Steamer said:

Lunablack said:

So an average of 2.2 years each..... I'll bet most don't do 1 year...... That'll learn em

My thoughts exactly - Frickin' 'soft touch' Britain again.

its a joke

they will be straight back at it

Exactly.
So, they stole a million quids worth of vehicles (say they only made half of that, it's £50k each) and punishment is in reality locked-up B&B TV and pool for a few months, then back in business.

Who are the fools? I think it is us who are imprisoned, not them!

Sea change needed.

[KimZ]

Twoshoe said:

devnull said:

sanguinary said:

Twoshoe said:

I don't know why more manufacturers don't have a keypad in addition to the ignition key, like Citroen Xantias do/did. Therefore you cannot start the car without having both the key and the PIN.

Say what you like about Xantias, but they were bloomin' hard to nick!

I unplugged the keypad on my old Xantia whilst doing some work on the car. It still started fine.

As with a lot of button push security systems, the 4 keys were also the most worn, so you could take a stab at guessing the code anyway.

Yes, but you could change your code (iirc)

Yup! Roll back 17 years.. and E34s already had that! Blipper, key *and* code else scrote is walking home / nicking something else..

[HairbearTE]

Dave Hedgehog said:

Steamer said:

Lunablack said:

So an average of 2.2 years each..... I'll bet most don't do 1 year...... That'll learn em

My thoughts exactly - Frickin' 'soft touch' Britain again.

its a joke

they will be straight back at it

And you know if one of them were to sustain a nasty blow to the head with a 3-wood when caught in the act the poor bloody car owner would get more than 2.2 years..

[Dixie68]

N88 said:

Lunablack said:

So an average of 2.2 years each..... I'll bet most don't do 1 year

This.

Bloody ridiculous.

The scumbag equivalent of a Gap Year.

[raptor600]

dandarez said:

Exactly.

So, they stole a million quids worth of vehicles (say they only made half of that, it's £50k each) and punishment is in reality locked-up B&B TV and pool for a few months, then back in business.

Who are the fools? I think it is us who are imprisoned, not them!

Sea change needed.

And I bet no money was recovered either...

Absolute joke, makes me wonder why I bother trying to make an honest living sometimes.