By William Coleman
With the snow falling and the temperatures plummeting we can safely say that winter is upon us. So now is the time to safely store away your leisure vehicles safe and securely to ensure nobody is tempted to tamper. Despite a lot of efforts there are still certain members of the public who just cannot help themselves. This certain individual got a lot more than he bargained for when he tried to filter fuel from this a motorhome.
This thief decided that he was going to try and syphon diesel from a parked motorhome. How does a makeshift criminal do this? With a length of hose pipe and a set of lungs. The wood be fuel thief opened up, what he thought, was the fuel cap and entered the tube and began to inhale to create enough suction for the fuel to poor out. Doing this is the day time is risky business but in the evening it’s increasingly more difficult.
As the suction started to happen the thief soon realised he had a mouthful of the weekends toilet waste and not good old diesel. Due to being pitch black and not being able to see clearly the thief had entered the waste pipe of the motorhome. Not the outcome they were expecting!
Police were notified by the owners of the motorhome when they awoke to the sounds of a man making quite a lot of noise and being rather sick in the layby outside where they were believed to be staying. The couple were had parked the home in a private spot near to where they were spending the night.
The Suffolk Gazette spoke with Suffolk Police regarding the incident, “I think it’s fair to say he got a bit of a shock when he started sucking on the hose in order to begin the process of siphoning the fuel tank. He got a load of human waste and chemicals and was sick instantly.
What makes it worse – if that’s possible – is the couple inside the van had enjoyed a spicy curry and a few beers the day before.” That is quite grim.
The couple, upon hearing the uproar, decided to grab a torch and try and catch the culprit but he was able to make his escape through the woods before the local police could arrive on scene.
“He may have got away on the night, but we’re sure we’ll get to the bottom of it,” the police spokesman added.
The vehicle owner said: “I had a look around but he had gone. Had I got hold of him, I would have given him a real mouthful.
“People like him deserve everything they get – and he certainly got a taste of his own medicine.”
So I kind of happy ending to this story, depending on what side of the fence you sit on when it comes to kama/justice. It goes to show what chancers will do for a quick couple of bob and it’s like I always say crime does not pay.
Stay safe out there this Christmas.
