Anyone ever have their car stolen

bubonicus

My brothers car was stolen last night. It was found and is now in a recovery garage. He has been told by the garage guy there is very little damage done. But he can't have it back until the cops dust it for prints. Is that normal?

cormie

Sounds normal alright, since it's crime scene evidence

Spitfire666

Yeah its normal, any car that is recovered is usualy towed for a technical examination to see if they can get prints and such. Its usualy a company they use all the time for example Gannons city recovery in donnabate.

The prints need to be on the inside of the car however as ones on the outside could be anyone walking past a parked car on the street and touching it.

bubonicus

sorry, I should have posted more. but was serving the dinner up. At 10am that was said. Now after loads of calls. It looks like he won't get his car back today. Would Insurance now cover car rental, because of that. Cops seem to be dragging the heals in dusting it.

Edit: probably nobody doing it at weekends then?

Sizzler

What was the full detail mate? Interesting to know what type of car, how they got into it, started it, where it was taken from / found etc..

bubonicus

93 lancer, ould banger of a yoke. Don't know how they got in or how they started it. It was stolen outside is house in Drogheda last night. It was found in another estate in Drogheda. The guy's who stole it left two bicycles outside his house. I guess it was an exchange not a robbery.:)

Spitfire666

ive seen a VW Twarag (mis-spelt) and a new shape mondeo that were taken WITHOUT the keys so no car is safe if they realy want it.

easyst way to do it is just bend the door back and your in.
the Scenes of Crime dont work weekends usualy

Sizzler

bubonicus wrote:

93 lancer, ould banger of a yoke. Don't know how they got in or how they started it. It was stolen outside is house in Drogheda last night. It was found in another estate in Drogheda. The guy's who stole it left two bicycles outside his house. I guess it was an exchange not a robbery.:)

Kids acting the bollix :mad:

Spitfire666

wouldnt be suprised if they wer only about 12 or 13

bubonicus

Spitfire666 wrote:

wouldnt be suprised if they wer only about 12 or 13

the Scenes of Crime dont work weekends usualy

True.

Bloody insurance company can't be contacted until tomorrow either. it's a pity the lads robbing cars don't do it during the working week:rolleyes:

Spitfire666

Trust me, they do!

milltown

bubonicus wrote:

93 lancer, ould banger of a yoke. Don't know how they got in or how they started it. It was stolen outside is house in Drogheda last night. It was found in another estate in Drogheda. The guy's who stole it left two bicycles outside his house. I guess it was an exchange not a robbery.:)

Sounds like a fair swap to me.

Stark

Were the bikes nice?