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bamboo stick was used to remove the car keys through the letterbox

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  • #2
    HandsomeDan
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 843 ✭✭✭HandsomeDan


    Asian mafia hired by chinese car manufacturers to steal western cars for reverse engineering.

    America, **** yeah!


  • #3
    michellie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,691 ✭✭✭michellie


    Happened my friend in Kilkenny a few weeks back, 2 cars robbed from the driveway.


  • #4
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,302 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Tbh i throw my keys wherever in the house when i land home.

    The idea of a keyrack in the hall baffles me, its a recepie for disaster


  • #5
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    I've no letter box. That cures that....

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #6
    ironclaw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    I would have thought common sense would dictate you'd put your keys in a random, obscure drawer in the hall /kitchen. Handy enough to get as you leave but obscure enough so someone isn't literally going to be able to fish them out your letter box.


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  • #7
    RandomAccess
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,830 ✭✭✭RandomAccess


    ironclaw wrote: »
    I would have thought common sense would dictate you'd put your keys in a random, obscure drawer in the hall /kitchen. Handy enough to get as you leave but obscure enough so someone isn't literally going to be able to fish them out your letter box.

    People usually are in two camps on this topic, those who say they are going to have the keys under their pillow along with a crowbar, and those who say they leave the keys where the thief can get them without confronting the homeowner.

    The usual justification for facilitating the thieves is that they might come into the bedroom with a kettle of boiling water and persuade you to hand over the keys.

    People probably aren't that malicious though..


  • #8
    RandomAccess
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,830 ✭✭✭RandomAccess


    http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/teen-stole-35k-bmw-in-letterbox-robbery-court-told-29625393.html

    That was fast, the original story mentioned a hearing in October, but I didn't expect it to be on the 1st.

    Anyway it seems he is a pretty prolific thief with a BMW being added to the tally of cars and evidence found at his home from other thefts such as sat navs.
    Have to wonder if he was supplying the cars to some chop shop lads similar to those in another recent story I posted.

    And it doesn't sound like he's going to be getting away with community service..
    The boy's lawyer pleaded with the judge to accept jurisdiction and said the teenager is now taking part in an educational course.

    However, Judge O'Connor held that the case was too serious to be dealt with in the juvenile court which, on conviction, could have detained the teenager for up to two years. He held that the boy's case should be dealt with in the Circuit Court, which has tougher sentencing powers.


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