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Football hid fuel-stealing scam
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27-09-2008 1:28pm#1People will try anything
By Grainne Cunningham
Saturday September 27 2008
HAVE you heard the one about the Lithuanian with the hole in his van? No, it's not a politically incorrect joke but a new fuel-stealing scam uncovered by gardai.
Nerijus Kikas (31) came up with a complicated but ingenious ploy to extract diesel from the local filling station and managed to steal 355 gallons before being caught by gardai.
Mr Kikas, with an address at 10 Westfield View, Ashbourne, Co Meath, cut a hole in the floor of his Peugeot van where he had a large container for holding the diesel. He then fed a tube through a football which he positioned below the van. The tube led into the service station's diesel holding tank.
The football concealed the tube so, to the casual observer, it simply appeared that there was a football stuck under the van, according to Garda Pat Muldowney, who gave evidence at Mr Kikas's trial.
Mr Kikas had also installed an electric pump to allow him to steal diesel as quickly as possible, Drogheda District Court heard yesterday.
He was arrested shortly before 1am on Wednesday, September 24, a short distance from the Esso Filling Station at Carronstown in Duleek, Co Meath.
Gda Muldowney told the court Mr Kikas had another modified van for transporting the diesel and described the set up as a 'sophisticated operation'.
Mr Kikas's solicitor, Patrick Branigan, said the defendant -- who has been living in Ireland for three years -- had been working in the construction industry but was now unemployed as a result of the downturn in the economy.
Mr Kikas realised this was a serious offence but all of the diesel, which was valued at €2,396, had been recovered, he said.
Judge Flann Brennan imposed a €1,000 fine on Mr Kikas and gave him three months to pay.
- Grainne Cunningham0
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Wishbone Ash wrote: »I was reading it in the Indo this morning. I'd almost admire the ingenuity!
+1, 10/10 for head scratching on this one! I was going to ask how did he drill down into the tank area but I suppose he parked over the filling ports and opened the lid and put a plastic pipe down?
Imagine if he had been malicious and had contaminated the fuel instead of removing it, if he had a grudge against the garage, imagine the amount of damage he could have caused!0 -
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You have to give the bloke 10/10 for originality. The football was pure genius
Run_to_da_hills wrote: »The Authoritiies in the next town will know soon enough. Everytime his vehicle confronts a mobile or fixed ANPR camera or the toll bridge gantry the system will know exactly who he is and where he is.
Do you sit at home with a tin foil hat :pac: You have to be the most paranoid person ever ....
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conviction by the court should trigger an automatic Social Welfare audit - no smoke without fire, dontchaknow.........fuel-fullled, or not.......priceless
Take money out of his dole, not unless the court orders it they can't..Ode To The Motorist
“And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road”
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Run_to_da_hills wrote: »Try getting into the States these days with any criminal record. :eek:
He will also find it impossible to get a service station loyalty card
He won't need one!:D0 -
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