English cars stolen

dodderangler

Is there gangs in Ireland that seek out English cars to rob?
Today an English import focus was stolen from my garage. Keys were left hanging in our key safe and yet within 55 seconds of the scumbag walking towards our garage he had the car and was gone? Never entered our garage for the keys either. 2014 ford focus black

bazz26

Was the car still on UK plates?

punisher5112

Was the car left open?
Is it possible the spare key was never handed over?

People will rob anything if they can.

dodderangler

Car was locked and the 2 keys were gone from the key safe.
Still on uk plates

_Brian

If he never entered the garage how come the keys are gone from the safe ?

punisher5112

Your 1st post says they didn't come in so how did they lift the keys?

They could be using for a job switch plates, could be cloning and have a buyer lined up, strip for parts as there is good money in that now.

Any cctv or in the area even buses that could help cops identify?

PrettyBoy

dodderangler wrote: »

Never entered our garage for the keys either.

dodderangler wrote: »

Car was locked and the 2 keys were gone from the key safe.

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dodderangler

Apologies for not being clear enough
On camera he never entered the garage yet had the keys
Camera shows him walking up the side entrance and within 55 seconds was gone with the car

punisher5112

So he hooked the keys or had he got in or had someone else left them out that was inside as in left them somewhere he could reach.

Mech1

dodderangler wrote: »

Apologies for not being clear enough
On camera he never entered the garage yet had the keys
Camera shows him walking up the side entrance and within 55 seconds was gone with the car

Still not clear, but anyways, keys either given to him or he took them they didnt magically disappear.

Mech1

Post up the reg number someone might spot it

the_syco

dodderangler wrote: »

Apologies for not being clear enough
On camera he never entered the garage yet had the keys
Camera shows him walking up the side entrance and within 55 seconds was gone with the car

Sounds like you watched who they wanted you to watch.

Sabre Man

Cars on foreign plates stand out more so hopefully someone will have seen it. What kind of make and colour?

punisher5112

Sabre Man wrote: »

Cars on foreign plates stand out more so hopefully someone will have seen it. What kind of make and colour?

Its in the 1st post by op

Atlantic Dawn

Is the v5 document in the car? Could the thieves have previously been looking around the garage and knew the document was present so picked that car to rob later?

Theanswers

Half the cars on Irish roads are foreign Reg, or Northern Irish.

I do not blink when I see an NI/ UK reg. Very Common... won't stand out one bit!

bazz26

Since it's still on UK plates it will be very difficult to trace it here as it's not on the system yet. Very likely it will appear for sale in a couple of weeks on false or cloned plates and log book, being offered to some unsuspecting bargain hunter at a really good price.

Atlantic Dawn

bazz26 wrote: »

Since it's still on UK plates it will be very difficult to trace it here as it's not on the system yet. Very likely it will appear for sale in a couple of weeks on false or cloned plates and log book, being offered to some unsuspecting bargain hunter at a really good price.

Yes who will probably start a thread here about their loses. There's a lot to be said about buying a car from the owner rather than some middleman.

Tony Beetroot

OPs story with the cctv is not adding up, is it an inside job or what? Or was it Troy that took the car?

liam7831

Tony Beetroot wrote: »

OPs story with the cctv is not adding up, is it an inside job or what? Or was it Troy that took the car?

Lay off the sauce Tony

_Brian

Much more thought need to be out into the whole keys thing.

Surely the key safe isn't within fishing distance of the door.

To me that leaves the option of an inside job, someone arranged for the keys to be left out.

punisher5112

I worked in a dealers years ago and a high performance car was taken with keys. Someone had left keys on reception desk guy walks in puts price list over keys and keys were gone.
This was looking back over cctv when they noticed was gone.

Car was parked back up outside within 2 hours after a phone call and no questions asked.

Similar thing happened in a big dealers with a Scooby and it was parked back up within 2 days with dodgy plates now there was a pay off involved in both cases but nothing to what the cost of replacing the car.

Hopefully you got a good picture of him op.

dodderangler

Update
The lad has been found. Car has not. And it seems it was an inside job though no one is owning up to it.
Lie detectors are now gonna be used

Tony Beetroot

When is the case going to to be on Jeremy Kyle?

liam7831 wrote: »

Lay off the sauce Tony

Hilarious :pac:

dodderangler

Tony Beetroot wrote: »

When is the case going to to be on Jeremy Kyle?




Hilarious :pac:

I know it's fcukin ridiculous. And the whole place is Shiite now. Hardly anyone is talkin and there seems to be a lot of tension aswell. I'm just carrying on doing me work.

michael999999

dodderangler wrote: »

Update
The lad has been found. Car has not. And it seems it was an inside job though no one is owning up to it.
Lie detectors are now gonna be used

You should also have a sweat test done, that would definitely prove if he's lying!

It is expensive though!

Hal1

Keyless entry is awesome.

Del2005

dodderangler wrote: »

Update
The lad has been found. Car has not. And it seems it was an inside job though no one is owning up to it.
Lie detectors are now gonna be used

Lie detectors are of no use, can't be used in for court cases and can be easily fooled. Only way to find out who you can't trust is by a process of temptation and elimination, which is also most likely illegal.