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Man banned from touching cars in Sheffield (www.examinerlive.co.uk)
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A Sheffield man has been banned from touching unattended vehicles after he tried to steal a van.

Ricky Roberts, 36, was arrested on July 24 after South Yorkshire Police responded to reports of a man trying to break into a Ford Transit van on Brompton Road, Sheffield. He was discovered in the process of forcing his way into a van and fled after he saw police officers.

He got on a pedal bike but was arrested less than 20 minutes after the initial call reporting the attempted theft. A bag Roberts dropped was found to contain several power tools which had been stolen from vehicles in Sheffield the night before.

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Roberts, of Richmond Hall Road, Sheffield, was handed a two-year Criminal Behaviour Order which bans him from touching or entering any unattended motor vehicle, motorcycle, or pedal cycle without the permission of the owner. He has also been instructed to take part in a drug rehabilitation course.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A little disappointing that this isn't mechanophilia. Anyone see David Cronenberg's film Crash?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Banned from entering vehicles he's not been given permission to enter.....

So he's been banned from breaking into them... Which is already a crime... Which he got caught doing...

What a fucking waste of time.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wrong, this gives police the power to arrest him on sight instead of waiting for him to commit a fresh crime.

Sort of like how sex offenders have to stay away from schools.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I'd have added "or so I've heard" on the end, but that's it - they've had too many scrotes through the system who have gone "I wasn't trying to rob any cars, I was just walking down the road trying the door handles to make sure everything was safe. And that's not a crime!" It is now.