A serial bike thief who targeted bicycles left at a train station in West Sussex has given a conditional discharge but ordered to pay compensation totalling nearly £2,700 to his victims.
Derrik Roye, aged 50 and from Croydon, targeted bikes left at Haywards Heath train station in West Sussex, reports The Argus.
The station, operated by Southern Rail, is one of the busiest for commuters in the south east, and has a dedicated Cycle Hub with parking spaces for 300 bicycles.
Between October and November 2019, he stole four bicycles there as well as the wheels from another bike, Brighton Magistrates’ Court heard.
The first bike he stole, on 21 October and left at the station by the woman who owned it, was worth £799.
He stole another bike, worth £800, on 12 November and three days later stole another won there, valued at £250. The same day he also stole a pair of wheels worth £500 from a bike at Horley train station.
The final theft was on 18 November, when he returned to Haywards Heath station, this one worth £330.
Initially, Roye entered a not guilty plea, but he admitted the charges in court.
He was given a conditional discharge – an order under which an offender will not be sentenced for an offence unless a further offence is committed within a stated period and ordered to pay compensation totalling £2,679 to his victims.
Not really, he just stated that he wouldn't have given a different opinion if he'd reviewed it again. I guess that’s his way of saying he didn’t...
Personaly I am looking forward to the Great Reset, It can't be any worse that the corrupt capitalist system we have at present. Bring it on...........
£1,350 for a set of wheels, welcome to 2022.
All those links are 403ing.
No sob story here! Lock me up!
I expect they're taking the view that they should wait until they're old enough to decide for themselves.
What happened in Otford?
Agreed, there is very much a top level of sprinters and the rest. Kristoff has done the same both days - looks like he has carried too much speed...
Well, they often end up on their own rooves.
Yeah,I'd been told 105 are constructed differently ,not bonded like my 6800 and modern ultegra and Dura ace....