Stolen Camera by Air Steward found on ebay

:mad: Thieving b'sturd! Glad he was prosecuted.

Glad the owner got their camera back too. :cool:
 
Interesting history on the other items the same guy sold on eBay, sunglasses etc. lol
 
I had my Nikon D7000 and tamron 17-50 stolen from me about 18 months ago.
They caught the guy and he was prosecuted and ordered to pay me £1350, not seen a penny yet.
I didn't have insurance at the time like a prat.
Now and then I'll put a photo throu stolen camera finder, but no images from that camera have been posted on the net, YET...
 
happygolucky said:
ordered to pay me £1350, not seen a penny yet.
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Do your have a court order outlining that award?

If so apply to the high court to have a writ issued for recovery of the amount, this only costs you £60 but is then recovered when the writ is served so in essence costing you nothing
 
Yes I have the order.

Thing is if he's got no money or assets I lose £60.
 
The ebay seller had about twenty sets of headphones and half a dozen phones sold in the two years he was active.
Easily pocketable?
 
Shame the owner lost the actual photographs
 
Glad he got caught out though. Complete abuse of trust.
 
Is it against a person or a company. I sued someone, own, he shut the company shortly after and moved and started again. Was a lot of money. I sued him again and he won by saying the new company had no dealings with me, despite taking my goods and everything from the other company.

However if against a person, go for it. If nothing else he'll have a ccj against him and the court could appoint bailiffs and send them to seize goods, cost of which goes to him also. They can and have seized cars etc.

You have nothing to lose.
 
One thing that stuck out in the report, the thief was ordered to have treatment for drug dependency, do airlines not have regular drug tests for their staff.
 
Lucky guy to retreive his gear!...What a [PLEASE DON'T TRY TO BYPASS THE SWEAR FILTER] of a flight attendent!
 
@Keith W you could apply for an attachment to earning (or benefits). Not sure how Sheriffs work in Scotland, but in civilisation they normally get the cash of an individual
 
Looking at this story, and his sales history, it really makes you wonder how many people are out there making a lucrative sideline out of swiping whatever they can get their hands on from trusting customers. Terrifying stuff.
 
FinePrintDandy said:
Looking at this story, and his sales history, it really makes you wonder how many people are out there making a lucrative sideline out of swiping whatever they can get their hands on from trusting customers. Terrifying stuff.
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I would hate to put anything valuable in hold luggage. An ex of mine had some jewellery buried in her hold luggage and when she collected her case it looked perfect and everything was just how she'd packed it except for... you guessed it. Jewellery gone. Many people will have a stories of stuff being swiped, it must be rife.
 
2 years ago, I had my stuff stolen from my bicycle shed and I spotted my items on eBay and reported the police immediately, and it turned out that the seller bought from these people who stole my stuff. Fortunately I got some of my stuff back, but the rest of the stuff, the thieves have sold to someone else. I always knew it was an inside job and I live in a block of 12 flats. The shed was locked - unlocked and then locked back.

A year later the police had arrested the thief for being caught red handed while stealing from someone else's bicycle shed!


Anyway, once I had my camera (point-to-shoot) stolen in between Madrid airport and Bogota Airport because I left it in the luggage suitcase by mistake instead of carrying it. Thankfully, it was empty in the card and the camera was only £300 (ish). It was before I became an enthusiasm photographer !
 
On the other side of the coin, in the flurry of unloading luggage and finding a trolley I foolishly left a Billingham bag containing my DSLR and a couple of lenses on the back seat of an Amsterdam taxi, having travelled to Schipol Airport from a hotel in the city centre. I realised what had happened almost immediately, but resigned myself to never seeing it again. More worryingly, I remembered that my passport was in the rear pocket of the bag. I explained the situation to KLM, who referred me to the Koninglijke Marechausee (military police/border guards). They were really helpful, but thought I'd probably have to go and get an emergency travel document from the British Embassy. However, after about 20 minutes the hotel phoned me to say that the taxi driver had called them to report that he'd spotted my bag, and was now en-route back to the airport and would meet me outside. I made my flight home.
 
Byker28i said:
Is it against a person or a company. I sued someone, own, he shut the company shortly after and moved and started again. Was a lot of money. I sued him again and he won by saying the new company had no dealings with me, despite taking my goods and everything from the other company.

However if against a person, go for it. If nothing else he'll have a ccj against him and the court could appoint bailiffs and send them to seize goods, cost of which goes to him also. They can and have seized cars etc.

You have nothing to lose.
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Worth Remembering that a Ltd Co and an individual are two entirely different legal entities - one can run the other but with no liability unless fraud can be proved and then the courts have the power to go behind the veil of Limited Liability of the directors.
 
I've had fishing gear stolen from hold bagge in the past. Now I always carry anything I value.
 
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