Teenager stole £4,000 of cable from Southend Hospital (From Echo)
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Teenager stole £4,000 of cable from Southend Hospital
10:00am Thursday 25th October 2012 in News
A TEENAGER who stole £4,000 of cable from Southend Hospital was caught...after his family shopped him.
Kevin Choules, 19, admitted stealing the cable from the hospital over the course of two days in August and September.
Police raided his home St Clare Meadow, Rochford, to find some of the stolen cable had been stashed in his loft.
Speaking after the hearing, prosecutor Bob Rowlingson said the raid happened after a family member reported him.
He added: “When they did a property search they found some of it in his loft. They also did enquiries at the scrap yard where he sold the stuff.”
They also found a £250 petrol strimmer which had been stolen from elsewhere in Westcliff.
Choules appeared before Southend Magistrates Court via video link from Chelmsford Prison.
He had pleaded guilty at a previously hearing to two counts of theft and one of handling stolen goods.
The case was adjourned until November when a decision will be made about whether a psychiatric report is necessary.
Comments(16)
Ma white62
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10:29am Thu 25 Oct 12
j-w
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10:45am Thu 25 Oct 12
Eric Whim
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10:59am Thu 25 Oct 12
j-w wrote:yes!
Name and shame the scrapyard!
JuliaM
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11:05am Thu 25 Oct 12
Southend Andy
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12:09pm Thu 25 Oct 12
catburglar
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2:06pm Thu 25 Oct 12
perini
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2:23pm Thu 25 Oct 12
catburglar wrote:It's good to read of a family with moral standards - obviously not an easy thing to do BUT it was the right thing todo.
What a horrible family!!!. Grassing their own up, in my opinion thats the lowest of the low.
southendshrimper
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2:44pm Thu 25 Oct 12
catburglar wrote:sad thing to put just to get a responce from people.
What a horrible family!!!. Grassing their own up, in my opinion thats the lowest of the low.
catburglar
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3:11pm Thu 25 Oct 12
southendshrimper wrote:Dont care if I get a response or not. As I said thats my opinion. If you cant trust your family who can you trust??
catburglar wrote:sad thing to put just to get a responce from people.
What a horrible family!!!. Grassing their own up, in my opinion thats the lowest of the low.
Ray1963
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5:03pm Thu 25 Oct 12
catburglar wrote:I think this fella is very lucky to have a family that he CAN trust, he now knows that he can trust them to always do what's right.
southendshrimper wrote:Dont care if I get a response or not. As I said thats my opinion. If you cant trust your family who can you trust??
catburglar wrote:sad thing to put just to get a responce from people.
What a horrible family!!!. Grassing their own up, in my opinion thats the lowest of the low.
Rollocks
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5:39pm Thu 25 Oct 12
catburglar wrote:I think perhaps your morals you'll find is the lowest of the low
What a horrible family!!!. Grassing their own up, in my opinion thats the lowest of the low.
Not this family hats off to them if this young man wants a family he will have to turn his back on crime
catburglar
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5:51pm Thu 25 Oct 12
Brunning999
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9:10pm Thu 25 Oct 12
5 years minimum should be a reasonable starting sentence.
Only when people are afraid of the prison system will there be any reduction in this crime, and the prison should certainly not allow mobile phones.
southendshrimper
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10:34pm Thu 25 Oct 12
catburglar wrote:Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Corr I'm well jealous, wish I had a family that would grass me up. Maybe then next time my car tax ran out. They could grass me up and get my car towed away. Yep you can really trust a family like that.
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Basildon.lad.21
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8:00am Fri 26 Oct 12
Eric Whim says...
10:07am Thu 25 Oct 12