£10,000 bike collection accidentally thrown away by council workmen

[Accy cyclist]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5336229/Couples-10-000-bike-collection-thrown-council.html

 

[Pumpkin the robot]

We can't get our bin men to take away an extra bag of rubbish, let alone a bike.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

We are not aware of any bikes in the garage. It is a condition of renting garages that they are for vehicles only and not for the storage of goods.

Someone should tell these idiots that bicycles are vehicles.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Accidentally thrown away? Deliberately and wilfully disposed of surely? Which makes it much worse.

 

[Drago]

They should have accidentally left a non recyclable container in there and the council would have left the lot.

 

[classic33]

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L99__muRsgQ

 

[Beebo]

It is theft and trespass, someone at the council has ballsed up and needs to stop digging.

 

[Drago]

Its not theft. No (apparent) intent to dishonestly appropriate. Its simp!y a monumental corock up by a bureaucracy that will never admit they were wrong.

 

[User33236]

I had the bin men refuse to empty my metal recycling bin because there was an aluminium bike frame in it which had been written off following a crash.

Had to cut in up into small bits to 'hide' it!

 

[midlife]

Its not theft. No (apparent) intent to dishonestly appropriate. Its simp!y a monumental corock up by a bureaucracy that will never admit they were wrong.

If they have been permanently deprived of the enjoyment isn't that theft?

 

[Svendo]

If they have been permanently deprived of the enjoyment isn't that theft?

Theft is both together, dishonest appropriation AND permanent deprivation. I just googled 'theft definition UK' and now I look like an expert! :-)

 

[mr_cellophane]

I wonder how often they were there and how long since the last visit.

 

[raleighnut]

I'd bet that the rest of the garages were mainly 'abandoned' or not rented out by the council and the site is now classed as ready for 'development', it has happened a lot around the Enderby/Narborough area, where there was once a row of garages there are now flats (housing association)

 

[Levo-Lon]

Funny one ..
My mate had a 9 bar burried in his back garden ,rented .
The gardener dug it up and asked my mate if it was lost
Very honest gardener

 

[Accy cyclist]

And to think i felt hard done to when the housing association's workmen threw some of my cups and saucers out "by mistake",when i moved flat the other month.