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[rodomo]

Chaosweaver posted this in the shoutbox earlier today:
http://trove.nla.gov...ticle/110693030

[Rockoz]

You must be new here

[v6 torana]

Well if it sounds like a duck and quacks like a duck......................

 

Sydney couple 'invent' stolen classic car

AAP •
December 16, 20157:17AM

 

 

A SYDNEY couple are accused of an elaborate insurance scam after pretending to own a classic car and telling police it was stolen at gunpoint.

NSW Police say a 47-year-old mechanic walked into the Narellan police station in June and reported an aggravated car robbery.
The man said he and his partner, a 38-year-old woman, had been driving their bright blue XW Ford Falcon with historic number plates when it broke down in Cawdor.
They reported a man in a white van pulled up, produced a pistol, threatened them and then stole their late 1960s car.
But police now say it was a lie and the vehicle didn't exist - except on paper as part of a false insurance claim.
The woman has been charged with making a false statement to police and fraud.
Her partner has been charged with perverting the course of justice, two counts of fraud and stealing a motor vehicle.
They are both scheduled to appear at Picton Local Court on January 12 after being arrested on Tuesday.

[hanra]

Geez some people are just utterly dodgy.

[StephenSLR]

What really sounds suspicious to me; if I have the story correct; the guy pulled over with engine trouble.

Would an armed thief risk stealing a car with engine trouble?

 

the drop off point sounds a little too convenient. No witnesses, no lights, deserted; the thieves should've bought themselves a lottery ticket that night.

 

I knew it!!

 

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Edited by StephenSLR, 16 December 2015 - 08:38 AM.

[WhaleOilBeefHooked]

^^ Well how were they gunna get home after mum drop em off at Cawdor Skap, They say there's a grain of truth to every lie, So they stole a white xd van to get home from the scene, And even parked it outside cop shop to report the incident, Then drove home & burnt it out 2 doors up from where they live... Hanra summed it up......

[wot179]

Well there I was thinking this scenario was impossible because nobody could possibly make up such a stupid story.

A whole new level of stoopid.

Makes you wonder if others have done this and got away with it with a simpler tale, though.

Like...."It got nicked from the shops".

These people should not be allowed to breed.

[orangeLJ]

http://www.9news.com...len-classic-car

[wot179]

Got a pic?

Just use the ones you sent to Shannons.

[StephenSLR]

Surely the club will get in a bit of trouble for that ?

 

Not necessarily; you can send photos of the car but I imagine there may now be a crackdown or law to make it mandatory to physically inspect the car.  He'd still have to get a valid pink slip to register it though, so the mechanic may be in some trouble; unless he was the mechanic that supplied the slip.

 

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[StephenSLR]

it was actually quite a clever scam... just executed poorly

 

Dunno why he didn't say it was nicked off the side of the road, from a car park, his driveway, etc. I imagine with the resources NSW cops spent looking for a gunman; if they believed him in the first place; he'll be up for big dollars.

 

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[Potta]

Dunno why he didn't say it was nicked off the side of the road, from a car park, his driveway, etc. I imagine with the resources NSW cops spent looking for a gunman; if they believed him in the first place; he'll be up for big dollars.

 

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True, stolen at gunpoint = cops everywhere in a manhunt

 

Nicked from the shop = whatevs

 

Low key is the key.

 

Been waiting for a post to confirm it was bull for a while now.

 

Just never felt right from the start.