Fracker 1 , car thief 0

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Tracker device locates Glasgow car thief - BBC News

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[poormansporsche]

I was expecting it to be about the thief driving into a big hole or something !

 

[stwat]

I was expecting it to be about a high pressure water/chemical jet stopping a thief.

 

[E55BOF]

I thought it might be the mods' rude word filter...

Interesting that the thief was also disqualified for nine months; was that because he had no licence/insurance, or can one be disqualified from driving for stealing a car in Scotland?

 

[Stratman]

When is a driving ban served if the offender is also imprisoned?

This chap got a nine month ban and ten months in chokey. Assuming he serves the full term (unlikely but let's say he does) has he served the ban by the time he gets out to steal again?

 

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When is a driving ban served if the offender is also imprisoned?

This chap got a nine month ban and ten months in chokey. Assuming he serves the full term (unlikely but let's say he does) has he served the ban by the time he gets out to steal again?

I think that is up to the judge - sentences are sometimes ordered to be served concurrently , or consecutively .

 

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" The tracker led police to a filling station in Bishopbriggs, where Devine was filling the car with petrol. "

Had they waited a few moments , they might also have got him for driving off without paying , given that the garage ANPR wouldn't have led back to him .

 

[triple h]

I think that is up to the judge - sentences are sometimes ordered to be served concurrently , or consecutively .

https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.u...riving-where-custodial-sentence-also-imposed/

For offences committed on or after 13 April 2015, where a court imposes a disqualification in addition to a custodial sentence or a detention and training order, the court must extend the disqualification period by one half of the custodial term imposed. This is to take into account the period the offender will spend in custody. This will avoid a driving ban expiring, or being significantly diminished, during the period the offender is in custody (s 30 Criminal Justice and Courts Act, 2015). Periods of time spent on remand or subject to an electronically monitored curfew are ignored.
Where a rehabilitation course is completed, any extension period is disregarded when reducing the ban.
For example where a court imposes a 6 month custodial sentence and a disqualification period of 12 months, the ban will be extended to 15 months. Where a rehabilitation course is completed, the reduction will remain at a maximum of 3 months.
Consult your legal adviser for assistance.

 

[Lit91]

" The tracker led police to a filling station in Bishopbriggs, where Devine was filling the car with petrol. "

Had they waited a few moments , they might also have got him for driving off without paying , given that the garage ANPR wouldn't have led back to him .

They've had enough evidence to arrest and prosecute him for the wrong doing.

Why take the risk allowing the criminal to get back onto public roads...? Who knows what sort of pursuit this could've ended with.

 

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https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.u...riving-where-custodial-sentence-also-imposed/

For offences committed on or after 13 April 2015, where a court imposes a disqualification in addition to a custodial sentence or a detention and training order, the court must extend the disqualification period by one half of the custodial term imposed. This is to take into account the period the offender will spend in custody. This will avoid a driving ban expiring, or being significantly diminished, during the period the offender is in custody (s 30 Criminal Justice and Courts Act, 2015). Periods of time spent on remand or subject to an electronically monitored curfew are ignored.
Where a rehabilitation course is completed, any extension period is disregarded when reducing the ban.
For example where a court imposes a 6 month custodial sentence and a disqualification period of 12 months, the ban will be extended to 15 months. Where a rehabilitation course is completed, the reduction will remain at a maximum of 3 months.
Consult your legal adviser for assistance.

That is the sentencing council for England and Wales , don't know if that guidance applies here in Scotland , where we have a different legal system .

 

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They've had enough evidence to arrest and prosecute him for the wrong doing.

Why take the risk allowing the criminal to get back onto public roads...? Who knows what sort of pursuit this could've ended with.

It wouldn't have needed to be a pursuit with following police cars : the stolen car was being tracked .