Mechanic jailed for receiving £450k worth of stolen goods

Police say at least 22 stolen vehicles with a combined value of £448,000 had passed through the yard

Mechanic jailed for receiving £450k worth of stolen goods
Officers were greeted to a mass of car parts which had been stripped from stolen cars. Image: West Midlands Police.

Eamonn O’Malley of Tipton, West Midlands admitted receiving stolen goods and has been sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court.

The court heard how officers were alerted to the car yard in Bilston, Wolverhampton after a tracking device on a stolen BMW was pinging at the industrial unit.

Police found the 1 Series surrounded by vehicle parts, which experts linked to stolen cars from across the West Midlands, Manchester, London, Stoke and Nottingham.

As the officers arrived, CCTV showed O’Malley fleeing the yard by using a ladder to climb over the 12ft perimeter wall.

He was arrested three days later.

Det Con Lee Plant, said: “We found parts, keys and owners’ manuals relating to an Audi Q5, two Porsches, BMWs and a Mercedes.

“O’Malley was providing a market for car thieves across the UK, people who were causing misery and huge inconvenience to motorists.”

O’Malley was sentenced on January 20, 2017 and has been jailed for three years and seven months.

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