Car Thief Caught

For those who have been reading this blog since as far back as last September, you’ll know that it’s not uncommon for me to find amusement in the stupidity of the local criminals – or at least the ones stupid enough to get caught (see Get Your Facts Right Before You Racially Abuse Someone... and More From the Court Files) and find their sorry tales written up in the local freebie paper, the Dumfries Courier.

One of this week’s tales of idiocy concerned a local man who screwed up when he filled his stolen car with petrol on the outskirts of Dumfries, without realising that it was in fact a diesel powered vehicle. Consequently he hadn’t got far before the car broke down and he abandoned it.

A quick look at the CCTV tapes from the local garages revealed the identity of the car thief and he was arrested soon after. As he had previously been banned from driving, he was already on police records.

However, what really made me smile was that it went on to say how the thief had been battling drugs misuse for the past 12 years and that:

Two days before the car theft, he went to hospital for help and was given medication. He took it all at once and as a result had no clear recollection of what had taken place…

You shouldn’t laugh really. No, really, you shouldn’t. Really…