Tack thieves spared jail

[reynold]

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.

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Only suspended sentences for £50k worth of thefts. 'May' face a proceeds of crime hearing.

Apparently they showed 'remorse'

Hardly a deterrent to other tack thieves.

 

[Quigleyandme]

What an utterly shabby thing to do. To steal from your own knowing they won’t be able to compete on the same terms and it could take months to replace the stolen saddles. It seems you can steal whatever you want in the UK in full knowledge that the police probably won’t turn out and the courts won’t punish you in the unlikely event you are caught. These two scumbags were stupid as well as despicable by listing the stuff on eBay. Tossers.

 

[scats]

Pair of scumbags. They should be banned from joining BS for life.

 

[TPO]

Pair of scumbags. They should be banned from joining BS for life.

And BE since they appear to have nicked at events too

 

[ihatework]

Utter pondlife

 

[Roasted Chestnuts]

Absolutely ridiculous. I honestly am disgusted that you would be prosecuted more for beating the crap out of thieves like this than they would for the stealing. With the lackadaisical policing that goes on in this country and the lack of harsher sentences handed out I genuinely can see people starting to just take the law unto themselves.

I know if I caught anyone stealing my stuff red handed I’d be hard pushed not to take something to them as the police wouldn’t give a shit about the theft as they have no actual time or staff to do anything.