From the horses mouth

[LizardEye]

Interesting article here written by a former bike thief.

Warning - if you've recently had an £800 bike nicked, I wouldn't read any further as you'll
cry when you see how much it was probably flogged for.

 

[BSRU]

Ironic he had his bike nicked.

Since they are feeding a habit they are going to steal someone's bike, all you can do is make your bike less appealing, not too expensive and obvious good security, so that they steal someone else's.

 

[taxing]

He doesn't really spill all, just tells us what we already knew: bike thieves are often drug addicts, and will sell your £££ bike for a tenner.

 

[ComedyPilot]

"• Omar Aziz is not the ex-bike thief's real name and he was not paid for speaking to the Guardian"

Sounds like a made-up story to me

 

[Crankarm]

What former bike thief!!!! The scrote, who ever he is, is a bike thief. Period.

It just confirms my belief that we should have the Saudi Arabian method of punishment for thieves - cut their bloody hands off.

They won't ever nick a bike or anything else ever again. They will probably have to give up drugs as well. Awhhhhh ............. diddums.

A win-win solution.

 

[eddiemee]

What former bike thief!!!! The scrote, who ever he is, is a bike thief. Period.

It just confirms my belief that we should have the Saudi Arabian method of punishment for thieves - cut their bloody hands off.

They won't ever nick a bike or anything else ever again. They will probably have to give up drugs as well. Awhhhhh ............. diddums.

A win-win solution.

Any chance you live in St Albans Crankarm? If so I'll be voting for you as our MP in the next election.