Re: 171 tonnes, 5 lorries

On 5 Jun, 08:16, David Hansen <SENDdavidNOhS...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:07:44 +0100 someone who may be Paul Harley
<pwhar...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote this:-

Anthony Porretta, 53, masterminded the theft of the 40ft lengths of
steel track, worth £22,308, from Acton Turville, near Chipping Sodbury,
during engineering works."

Also reported here
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7434084.stm

How the hell does someone get hold of a crane and five lorries for
this sort of "heist"?

It strikes me as a lot of effort to only make £22,308 (assuming they
got this, I suspect they got rather less).

I'd be surprised if they didn't minimise their fleet costs by
borrowing an employer's truck for the night, using a crane that was
already onsite, or whatever.

£22308 is quite a lot of money for a night's work, even divided
between five people. I assume they didn't plan to lose much of it to
income tax, NI, &c!
.

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