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Supacat

Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 11018

2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS DCPU Keswick Green

Skelmersdale

Thieves stole a Landrover Defender parked outside the victims place of work on Gorsey Place on May 6 at 7:30pm. The thieves found a tracking device in the car and disabled it. The tag was last active in Leigh and the victim made his way there after reporting the theft to the police. The victim believed he saw his trailer that was connected to the Landrover near to a travellers site. While at the site the victim was approached by a man holding what is believed to be a gun and threatened.

http://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/news/sou...an-9233587

In the same article:

"Unknown criminals approached a locked avondale touring caravan parked on High Street opposite a pub, between March 11 and March 25. They removed the front door by unknown means and made off with it undetected."

Is that what they wanted to steal or just a mindless act, or maybe coming back later for the contents?

12th May 2015 9:17am

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17372

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

Poorly written article in the link above wrote:
... "Unknown criminals approached a locked avondale touring caravan parked on High Street opposite a pub, between March 11 and March 25. They removed the front door by unknown means and made off with it undetected." ...

Does that mean they made off with the door, or they made off with the caravan?

While I am at it (picking holes in someone's communication skills), what does "the front door" mean, the entrance door or the front locker lid? How many High Streets are there in Skelmersdale (the article tells us that there's one opposite a pub, but are there also others)? Finally I bet the criminals are not "unknown", merely unidentified.

(Why can no-body write properly these days?)

Last edited by blackwolf on 12th May 2015 12:06pm. Edited 1 time in total

12th May 2015 11:59am

Supacat

Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 11018

I read it as meaning they stole the door, hence why I posted it up.

Is there the same market in caravan door upgrades as Defender?

12th May 2015 12:05pm

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17372

I think that you're probably right, but it is a very odd thing to steal!

A few seconds with Mr Google suggests a thriving black market in stolen caravans, but doors don't seem to be an issue unless the caravan is still attached.

Clearly the work of "unknown" villains of questionable sanity, or villains who have a similar caravan.

12th May 2015 12:07pm

CFB

Member Since: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
Posts: 803

Re: Skelmersdale

Supacat wrote:
The thieves found a tracking device in the car and disabled it.

Brilliant, what a waste of time and money if it;s that easy, ok there are not many places to hide one in a defender but it shouldnt be that simple

Andy

12th May 2015 12:39pm

excossack

Member Since: 22 Feb 2012
Location: North West
Posts: 5843

1999 Defender 110 Td5 SW Caledonian Blue

Was the tracker traced using a device to find the tracker or was it not very well hidden? 1999 Defender TD5 110

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John M0VAZ
Econet Station 48 no clock

12th May 2015 3:14pm

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