Notorious Thief Addicted To Touching Cars Receives 5-Year Ban On Vehicle Contact | Carscoops carscoops
Many of us have our own little compulsions, and we’ll wager that many of you reading this have your own obsessions with cars — whether it be setting the seating position just so, getting the climate control temperature just right, or ensuring your car’s cabin is spick and span. But I’ll wager none of us have been threatened with jail time over any of them.
However, UK resident Paul Priestly has been handed a nine-month suspended sentence for a car-related addiction. In addition, the Peterborough Magistrates’ Court has banned him from touching cars for the next five years. As his compulsion was to break into vehicles, we can begin to understand the ruling.as a “career criminal,” Priestly has a record stretching over 29 years. The 44-year-old has hundreds of theft-related offenses and was released from prison in June of last year.
The defending lawyer argued that Priestly had not taken hard drugs, nor had he committed any violent offenses. The lawyer also claimed that his client was “addicted” to trying car door handles.constable Olivia Ciani said: “Priestley will chance his luck trying door handles of cars until he finds one that is open and will search it for anything of value that he can then sell on for cash.
“We will continue to work with him, alongside probation and other agencies, to try to steer him away from criminality; however, for as long as he chooses to commit a crime, we will continue to put him before the courts.” In addition to the suspended sentence and ban on touching cars, the convicted must complete a 10-day rehabilitation program and observe a daily 11 pm–6 am curfew until 2027.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
He kicked alcohol, became addicted to wellness drink that works like opioid, lawsuit saysMarketing materials say the Feel Free beverage is no more habit-forming than sugar or caffeine, but a lawsuit says it has caused addiction and illness.
Read more »
OC family turns tables on thief by using AirTag to take back stolen e-bikeA family in Orange County was able to get their bike back thanks to the Apple AirTag.
Read more »
Man accused of chasing down, killing alleged car thief in Seattle pleads not guiltyThe man accused of chasing down and killing an alleged car thief in Seattle last year pleaded not guilty in court Thursday.
Read more »
Dog missing for 7 years had ‘touching’ SC reunion with owner weeks before his deathNugget the dog was found “limping down a wet dark road” in South Carolina — more than 1,700 miles from his home.
Read more »
Dog missing for 7 years had ‘touching’ SC reunion with owner weeks before his deathNugget the dog was found “limping down a wet dark road” in South Carolina — more than 1,700 miles from his home.
Read more »