Thieving scrapmen take road gully tops

[Jeff]

Had a spate of thefts of cast iron road gully tops (you should know what these are!)
I.E the grate over the surface water 'collection' drains on the side or middle of the road.
Stupid ignorant morons have taken dozens from the east end of Ashington.
Little kids are falling into the holes, elderly are likley to break their legs if they step into them.
I cannot believe the ignorance of the theives.
Price of cast iron must be up! Doing it at 9:00 am... everyone saw them.. thought it was council cleaning the gullies... untill the orons left ... holes in the road!
Costs 70-80 notes to replace them and I have had the police in to try to find which scrappy is taking them in for a fiver each.
White transit and a white/black pick up seen in the area when they went missing.
Anyone local.... please watch and advise me if you have information.
Thanks
Jeff

[paul_gt4]

they must be tight for cash, but why would someone do such a stupid thing

[AndyS]

chop there hands off.

[Coyoteboy]

Our internet was off for 4 days after someone pulled up, chopped through the 1000 pair cable at two places and left it ready to come back and pinch it later. 100m of copper cable and left the whole estate including doctors surgery, pharmacy and a whole stack of elderly people without a phone. Idiots.

[peterp1per]

sounds like pikeys to me.

there always round trying to nick scrap metal of us at work, my old four g/box was even nicked by the feckers...i know it was them cause i saw it on there site! tossers.

[madgaz]

The price of copper is certainly up as it has effected us greatly at work

Not sure about other metals though...

[RobbieMcVee]

i got £65 for my old hot water cylinder and some old bits of brass that the plumber replaced - i was amazed at how much this stuff was worth..

[Coyoteboy]

Yup, i got more for my old peugeot axle, snapped, than i paid for the new one from the scrappy lol. Copper is great - its worth so much its insane.

[GT4ever]

They've been theiving the tiles off church roofs round here, *BLEEP*ing pikey scum. Hate them!

[Coyoteboy]

It always makes me laugh when they arrive in town - they moan about the image they have and not being accepted by the locals, then they leave having stolen just about everything that wasnt tied down and a knackered wasteland where they were living. I'm sure some of them might be nice and good people, but im fairly sure most are theiving pikey scum.

[Jeff]

Safety fears after drain cover thefts

Scavenging thieves are putting lives at risk by ripping out roadside drain covers in Ashington.
Almost 30 gully covers have been targeted by thieves as a way of making a few pounds from the scrap .
The gaping holes left at the kerbside could be potentially lethal to pedestrians, cyclists and motorists, police and highway bosses have warned.
Jeff Sanderson, Highways Services Manager said at least 28 gully covers had been stolen in the last two days.
"The covers weigh up to 4kgs each and vary in size but it can cost anything between £50 and £100 to replace each one. If you add in the cost of making the area safe. When you add up the numbers, it works out between £3,000 and £4,000 of council taxpayers' money spent so far which could certainly have been put to better use.
"But the risk to life and limb is even more frightening. The consequences could be horrendous if a pedestrian should step into the gaping hole or a bicycle or motor vehicle drops a wheel in it."
He added: "It is totally crazy to put people in such danger for a few pounds.
"We now use heavy duty plastic covers which have no scrap value at all so it is pointless stealing them."
The thefts have been reported to the police by the Council .
•   Anyone who sees suspicious activity in relation to gully covers is asked to contact the District Council on (01670) 532200 or the police on 08456043043 ext 69191

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[The Doctor]

Theiving *BLEEP*ing pikey scum stole a cattlegrid near where I work last year.Came into work early and found a Ford Focus gone down the cattlegrid in the dark !!! How the hell did they remove it and what did they do with it,melt it down over a stolen car ?

[Steve_666]

One of dem little bstrds recently nicked a cast iron bath from my front garden whilst I was at work. It was around the corner up the side of the porch n'all and the little gipsy cun7 helped themselves to a few garden trowels n stuff I had in a plant pot.

Blue and white pick-up...when I find them I am gonna pi55 on there chips!

[salvageman16]

Not sure if it'll be pikeys on the east side , it's a bit dodgy on that side.

[jackel]

forever got them nicking meter lids and hydrant lids but coppers arent interested its societies fault