Man jailed for using a stolen government car to ram raid Canberra business and steal surveillance tech

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A ram raid which left a seven-metre hole in the side of the Harvey Norman store in Canberra last year lands a man in jail for five years.

A ram raid which left a seven-metre hole in the side of the Harvey Norman store in Canberra last year has landed a man in jail for five years.A pair of men stole a government car, then used to it commit several burglaries, including ram-raiding a Harvey Norman

In July last year, Lee Bennett, 39, and his co-accused Dean Simonds, 38, walked out with a haul of electronic gear including laptops after breaking through the wall of the Fyshwick shop in a stolen government car. The court heard the men were partly undone because police were able to trace their movements through a tracking device in the government car they had stolen.Court documents revealed that Bennett photographed many of the stolen items including laptops, a wireless keyboard, a gaming monitor and an iPod.

 

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idiots look so amateur..looks like they don't see enough movies lol

What he stole also caught him red handed,

$122 repatriation..... Wow !! Of course the drugs and alcohol made him do it 🙄

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