Thief steals sat-nav while car being defrosted
A Quedgeley man is counting the cost of leaving his car to defrost after a thief coolly breezed in and made off with his satellite navigation system.
The incident happened in Kestrel Gardens at about 10.10am yesterday after the victim, a 27-year-old man, had left the engine of his Volkswagen Golf running while it was on his driveway.
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Gloucestershire Constabulary
An unknown offender entered the vehicle through the unlocked driver's door and grabbed a TomTom satellite navigation system worth around £150 and £6 in cash.
Local police are appealing for anyone with information about the theft to ring 101, quoting incident 119 of January 16.
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They are also urging motorists to beware this type of incident.
Quedgeley PC Lucy Kay said: "It happens a few times every year and our advice is simply not to take the risk.
"A couple of weeks ago when I was on patrol I saw a car with nobody nearby and the engine running and took the keys out myself.
"When the owner appeared seven minutes later I gave him the keys back and explained that he was lucky I was a police officer and not a thief. If the car had been stolen the offender could have been on the motorway by the time the owner realised!"
Comments
by MrGarnet
Thursday, January 17 2013, 11:42PM
“"OK maybe the car owner was foolish and no doubt he's kicking himself, but as per usual his actions are the focus of the oh so wise commenters who like me frequent TiG. Id like to point out that some chancer low life thought he was within his rights to help himself to whatever he wanted from a decent chaps car. In this example the actions of the theif have almost gone unnoticed, which had he been caught and then got off lightly by a lenient judge, this forum would be up in arms about another petty cheif getting away with crime....."
Good post.
Seems to me there is to much leniency towards the criminal fraternity who prey on the hard working people of the UK.”
by taylke
Thursday, January 17 2013, 10:24PM
“I invested in a Krooklok jobby a couple of years ago so that I could leave the engine running to defrost the car without risking it being nicked. I have to admit that some lowlife nicking the contents hadn't occurred to me.”
by QuedgeleyGuy
Thursday, January 17 2013, 10:10PM
“A spare key to lock the car when the usual key is inside is what I use.
Cheaper than an insurance claim.”
by Beekeeper
Thursday, January 17 2013, 9:21PM
“CAR SAT NAV NAB JOB - LOL!”
by TheMoanerLisa
Thursday, January 17 2013, 8:32PM
“OK maybe the car owner was foolish and no doubt he's kicking himself, but as per usual his actions are the focus of the oh so wise commenters who like me frequent TiG. Id like to point out that some chancer low life thought he was within his rights to help himself to whatever he wanted from a decent chaps car. In this example the actions of the theif have almost gone unnoticed, which had he been caught and then got off lightly by a lenient judge, this forum would be up in arms about another petty cheif getting away with crime.....”
by bonzaharris1
Thursday, January 17 2013, 8:01PM
“It doesn't say much for his car does it, if the thief takes just the sat nav !! Still lesson learned, defrost your car when your are ready to go, and get out your map book.”
by thomas1996
Thursday, January 17 2013, 7:39PM
“£150 is that the 'insurance' figure? Tesco Direct have the latest TomTom XXL with a huge 5" screen for £88 so surely definitely not worth claiming on the insurance. That's £10 less than amazon.com and a pile of Clubcard points too!”
by hardrock34
Thursday, January 17 2013, 6:39PM
“what an idiot!!! obviously the thief wasnt that clever as he never took the car lol”
by lordigaga
Thursday, January 17 2013, 5:43PM
“fool”
by MentalBeaver
Thursday, January 17 2013, 4:56PM
“I would take the one off hit of £150 rather than claim on insurance (even if it was a really low excess).”