Thieves, working in unison or separately, wrenched off a quarter million pounds worth of drain covers from the streets of a suburb in the Manchester region in six months time. They stole about a thousand drain covers and traded them off for a few pounds each. Apart from replacement costing per grid cover, they also put the lives of motorists, walkers and bikers in danger. But they didn't give a damn.
The scale of the problem was revealed when one of the thieves was caught red-handed. The man went by the nickname of "the grid man" in one junkyard apparently. The Judge handed down a 12 month sentence saying that he wanted to send the clearest of messages to all those who would emulate the thief.
The accused who had a construction and roofing business was caught selling five iron grids stolen from the town to a scrap dealer in the area. The convict was lucky that he was prosecuted for stealing only 5 drain covers. Individuals at the scrapyard stated that he had traveled at least 78 times. The accused attracted the wrong kind of attention when local residents saw him removing manhole covers and they noted down the number of his vehicle, a Ford Transit. This helped the police in arresting him quickly.
Officers of the local police say that they found six grates belonging to the town council in the rear of his vehicle. The accused systematically stonewalled his interrogators and denied any wrongdoing. But on the morning of his tribulation, at Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court, he finally broke down and confessed to his crime. He eventually put in a plea of guilty as accused of stealing five drain covers and attempting to steal another six in the period going from September 2010 to May last year.
The prosecuting lawyer, said that the defendant was mated as "the grid man" to the employees of the scrap dealer and that the town in question had been divested of a thousand iron grates within a period of six months by thieves of the same sort as the defendant. The defence lawyer, said that the defendant was not very bright and that he had stolen the grates to pay his own employees.
She also told the court that her client had suffered immensely already since he had spent Christmas in jail, awaiting his sentencing, and that he was sure that he wouldn't desire to land up in front of the court again for this or any other charge. The man, it was learnt, had earlier faced prosecution for fraud and dishonesty.
While condemning, the jurist said that there was nothing to suggest that the defendant had slipped more than 5 iron grids. The judge was clear that he was not being built a scapegoat. There was no proposal either that there had been any wrongful conduct on the portion of the scrap dealer.
A spokesman for the scrapyard said they did not employ suspicious people. They did not like the idea of having stolen metal on their premises. The police said anybody stealing a public good, like a grid cover, would be dealt with very harshly.
The scale of the problem was revealed when one of the thieves was caught red-handed. The man went by the nickname of "the grid man" in one junkyard apparently. The Judge handed down a 12 month sentence saying that he wanted to send the clearest of messages to all those who would emulate the thief.
The accused who had a construction and roofing business was caught selling five iron grids stolen from the town to a scrap dealer in the area. The convict was lucky that he was prosecuted for stealing only 5 drain covers. Individuals at the scrapyard stated that he had traveled at least 78 times. The accused attracted the wrong kind of attention when local residents saw him removing manhole covers and they noted down the number of his vehicle, a Ford Transit. This helped the police in arresting him quickly.
Officers of the local police say that they found six grates belonging to the town council in the rear of his vehicle. The accused systematically stonewalled his interrogators and denied any wrongdoing. But on the morning of his tribulation, at Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court, he finally broke down and confessed to his crime. He eventually put in a plea of guilty as accused of stealing five drain covers and attempting to steal another six in the period going from September 2010 to May last year.
The prosecuting lawyer, said that the defendant was mated as "the grid man" to the employees of the scrap dealer and that the town in question had been divested of a thousand iron grates within a period of six months by thieves of the same sort as the defendant. The defence lawyer, said that the defendant was not very bright and that he had stolen the grates to pay his own employees.
She also told the court that her client had suffered immensely already since he had spent Christmas in jail, awaiting his sentencing, and that he was sure that he wouldn't desire to land up in front of the court again for this or any other charge. The man, it was learnt, had earlier faced prosecution for fraud and dishonesty.
While condemning, the jurist said that there was nothing to suggest that the defendant had slipped more than 5 iron grids. The judge was clear that he was not being built a scapegoat. There was no proposal either that there had been any wrongful conduct on the portion of the scrap dealer.
A spokesman for the scrapyard said they did not employ suspicious people. They did not like the idea of having stolen metal on their premises. The police said anybody stealing a public good, like a grid cover, would be dealt with very harshly.
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