Dumb Criminals - Car Theft.
In July 2019, a 34-year-old man, and a 23-year-old woman, stole
a blue Holden Commodore from Blakeview, in the northern suburbs. The criminal
duo drove to the Christies Beach courthouse, parking at McDonalds across the
road. The man was due to face charges that morning for stealing a car. A police
officer noticed the car and recalled that one of a similar description had been
reported stolen, so they ran the plates.[1]
The man, from Whyalla Norrie and the woman from Whyalla Stuart, were both arrested and charged for stealing the car after facing the courts for the original charge, of stealing a car! The man was also charged for driving while disqualified.
Senior Constable Rebecca Stokes told the ABC, ‘He'd actually stolen a car
and turned up to court to face charges of car theft. We're hoping that when his
partner attends court next month she catches the bus, and we just break this
vicious cycle!”[2]
[1] Brendan
Cole, ‘Man Facing Car Theft Charges Turns up at Court in Another Stolen Car,
Gets Arrested,’ Newsweek, (2019), https://www.newsweek.com/adelaide-car-theft-australia-1452130.
[2] ‘Man
facing car theft charges arrested after allegedly arriving at court in another
stolen vehicle,’ ABC NEWS, (2019), https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-31/man-arrested-for-allegedly-turning-up-to-court-in-stolen-car/11370986.
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