Thieves target bus for special needs children

5:00am Wednesday 29th June 2011 in News

A COMPANY that gets children with special needs to school has fallen victim to thieves looking for catalytic converters.

Three minibuses were targeted at K and K Hire, in Eastleigh, taking the vehicles out of action.

The business says this is the fourth incident in three years, though some were not reported to police.

K and K Hire owner Kevin May said: “They don’t care, they’re not interested, they’ve got no morals.”

The company, on Parham Road, is contracted by councils to take young people to schools across Hampshire as well as adults to day care centres in its 130 minibuses.

The catalytic converters cost £800 to replace and their loss led to disruption on Monday morning, though all the kids did get transport.

Police said it appeared that three people had arrived in a white transit van and removed the items between 7.45pm and 9pm on Friday.

Anyone with information should call Eastleigh Police on 101.

Comments(8)

cowley says...
6:25am Wed 29 Jun 11

dirty stinking smelly pikeys no doubt. hands should be broken! that would put a stop to it im sure.

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SpittingMoreFire says...
7:12am Wed 29 Jun 11

I am horrified!
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Further words fail me!

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The wickedsaint says...
8:32am Wed 29 Jun 11

Echo fails on the details yet again - K and K are on Parham Drive !!

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sunnyscunny says...
8:45am Wed 29 Jun 11

Who cares about the exact location. The fact is people don't care who they steal from. The elderly. children. Even the disabled. Lowest of the low. Scum bags!

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Dasal says...
9:57am Wed 29 Jun 11

SpittingMoreFire wrote:
I am horrified! . Further words fail me!
"Further words fail me"

Wow, Spittingmorefire, thats a FIRST !!!

All joking apart its a despicable act and should the culprits be caught let the punishment fit the crime and not just "a slap on the wrist".

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jazzi says...
10:45am Wed 29 Jun 11

Recently at local a scrapyard 3 guys argued over the price of weighing in 2 catalytic converters ,at the time i found it amusing watching these stooges but the cats where new, why scrap them ?
Only to them see them again later in the afternoon sat outside a garage talking to the workers, no doubt looking for a buyer .

Surely the camera works down the tip, first place i'd look .

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spotburst says...
12:21pm Wed 29 Jun 11

"Surely the camera works down the tip"

....unless it's been nicked of course.

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newsknight says...
7:22pm Wed 29 Jun 11

Hmmm - pikeys again, and 'daylight robbery' yes it is still light out at that time of night!! Unless you could report it as armed robbery the police would not attend quickly enough to catch them!! WHEN WILL THERE BE STRICT CONTROLS PLACED ON THE MAINLY PIKEY OWNED SCRAP MERCHANTS - Manhole Covers and Catalytic Converters - come on, it can't be rocket science to prove they are nicked...it'd be good use of ANPR cameras if they were sited near to Scrap Yards to spot tatty overloaded 'flatbeds and transit vans' Pikey vehicles of preference !!!

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