Tack Thefts - not much of a deterrent.

[Nicnac]

I know it's the Daily Fail but it's my lunch break guilty pleasure on a rainy Monday. Quite disappointed by the outcome of this. Absolute scum the pair of them.
A prison sentence may have been OTT but would have hoped they would have had a hefty fine at the very least. Hope their unpaid work is a) actually done and b) is something extremely unpleasant.

Two showjumpers avoid jail for theft of £51,000 worth of equipment

Ex-Horse of the Year show winner Kieran Quinn (left), 36, and his partner Jamie Aston (right), 32, stole items including saddles, stirrups and riding boots as riders waited to compete last year.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Maesfen]

Makes me so angry but at least they've been named and shamed so hopefully that'll have some effect on their lives too for all the trauma they've put their victims through.

 

[Bernster]

Yuk to the Daily Fail, but I’m glad they got caught at least (although seems like it was mainly thanks to people tracking down stuff?).

 

[splashgirl45]

Judge said they were genuinely remorseful (how does he know) , yes now they’ve been caught… it wasn’t a one off spur of the moment theft, it was a worked out plan which luckily has now been exposed…

 

[fetlock]

The proceeds of crime order will hit them hard in the pocket

 

[cauda equina]

What a pair of sh1ts

 

[ycbm]

What a pair of shites. They knew exactly what the problems are with short notice replacement of tack fitted to a horse and rider and how much trouble this would cause people.
.

 

[limestonelil]

I think it was despicable and they knew exactly how much grief their actions would cause. Sentence should have been harsher. They should have (and did) know better. Been thinking the judge was too lenient.
So yes, couple of sh*tes sums it up nicely.

 

[splashgirl45]

I was just a happy hacker and when my saddle was stolen I was devastated, it took me quite a while to find a saddle to fit my horse and I was never as comfortable in the new saddle so it must be so much worse if you are competing although I can’t imagine I could have felt much worse as I’d had mine for over 10 years..

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

What a right pair of arseholes

 

[humblepie]

I was just a happy hacker and when my saddle was stolen I was devastated, it took me quite a while to find a saddle to fit my horse and I was never as comfortable in the new saddle so it must be so much worse if you are competing although I can’t imagine I could have felt much worse as I’d had mine for over 10 years..

I had a saddle stolen that was my main saddle for my horse at the time and I never managed to find a similar one. Fortunately his competition tack was at home but it was a lovely saddle which suited us both well. The yard had about £20,000 worth of tack taken and the police were not interested at all. I spent ages watching adverts and we tried to find local CCTV as knew the time frame when the thieves had turned up and there was only one road they could have taken but didn't get anywhere ourselves. If you read the comments in the DM, it says that on one of their Facebook pages they have put that they can get back to normality now which is obviously fine for them.

 

[ihatework]

Bollocks are they remorseful. They are only sorry they got caught.

No point clogging up jail with these two turds. Costs the tax payer thousands. Far better to get them doing some hard graft and hopefully this proceeds hearing will mean a hefty financial impact that really will make them sorry.

 

[Goldenstar]

Definitely sorry they got caught .

 

[luckyoldme]

They won't do hard graft on community service. It's a doddle I loved mine.
Added to that I came out of it knowing how to steal a car and had lots of contacts to buy drugs if I had wanted to.
Although people on here will be sympathetic to people loosing their much loved tack I doubt it will really register as a big crime outside the horse world and there are people who walked after doing a lot worse.
Hopefully the fact that they have lost the respect of fellow horsemen/horsewomen and horseothers will be the real punishment here.
The fact that anyone can go to any competition and exploit their surroundings to steal from fellow competitors in any sport is disgusting. They must be horrible people.

 

[TPO]

Just had a wee fb stalk and they have previous for Bumping people (dog stud fee is first that pops up).

Their pages are pretty open and Jamie has posted that it's been a long 15mths that he's glad are over/can get back to normality now. Friends commenting how happy they are for him and can look forward to going on holiday now only one person has called him out for stealing (from her I think).

So no, no remorse

 

[scats]

Just had a wee fb stalk and they have previous for Bumping people (dog stud fee is first that pops up).

Their pages are pretty open and Jamie has posted that it's been a long 15mths that he's glad are over/can get back to normality now. Friends commenting how happy they are for him and can look forward to going on holiday now only one person has called him out for stealing (from her I think).

So no, no remorse

I see I’ve got a huge number of friends in common with them both aswell

Disgusting individuals.