Bike ringers jailed

Choprocker · 31 July 2010 15:44

Choprocker · 31 July 2010 15:46

Seamus Mcglynn, 26

Paul James, 33.

oldguy · 31 July 2010 17:08

What a surprise. Thamesmead and Erith, who’d have thought it?

But hang on. They were caught with £265,000 worth of parts and equipment and they get 2 year, 8 months. How much more did they get away with before being caught?

clive · 31 July 2010 20:21

2 years and 8 months? I wonder how long they will really do? my guess is they’ll be back in business soon.do they get their proceeds confiscated?

JJON · 31 July 2010 20:39

A bit more info

They were caught ‘ringing’ a Suzuki GSX1300 motorcycle in order to disguise the fact that the vehicle was stolen. Other ringing equipment such as grinding tools and stamps were also found in the unit that they were renting, along with £265,000 worth of stolen motorbikes and motorcycle parts. Both men were arrested and charged with handling stolen goods.
Further financial enquiries into the two suspects revealed that they had been operating four eBay accounts since January 2007. Working closely with eBay, officers were able to determine that they were selling on the stolen parts as genuine items. They identified 47 motorcycles that were handled by James and McGlynn and countless victims who thought they were buying safe, genuine motorbikes and motorcycle parts.
James and McGlynn were even changing the identities of some of the motorbike engines to sell them on as parts of racing bikes. They succeeded in fooling motorcycle racing enthusiasts as well as the general public.
Detective Sergeant Malcolm Ellis, from the Economic and Specialist Crime Command, said:
"McGlynn and James were persistent in their criminal activity. They continued to trade in stolen motorcycles and parts whilst on police bail. Not only did they con innocent victims out of thousands of pounds, they were also selling vehicles that were highly unsafe and could have resulted in the death of a buyer.
"We will now be looking to confiscate the monetary value of their criminal assets under POCA.

burnmonkey · 31 July 2010 20:56

Still Smiled must be happy in the knowledge that his bike was on the donor list to help keep all those racing bikes rubber side down.

BM