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Serial bike thief with more than 100 prior convictions jailed for nine months

Kevin Davis's latest one-man crimewave included arriving at Peterborough United's training ground on one bike and leaving on another he stole there...

A serial bike thief has been jailed for more than nine months for a string of offences including stealing a bike from Peterborough United Football Club’s training ground after arriving there on a different bicycle.

Cambridgeshire Constabulary say that Kevin Davis, aged 38, was arrested at his home in Orton Goldhay on Wednesday 10 November on suspicion of committing a number of thefts of bicycles throughout the city.

According to the force, his latest one-man crimewave began on 2 October when he stole six DVDs from a Morrisons supermarket on Lincoln Road, Walton, hiding them in his coat.

A security guard tried to prevent him from making off, but he escaped on a bike.

Four days later, he struck at the football club’s training ground, swapping the bike he rode on to get to the facility on Oundle Road, New Fletton for another one he found parked at the facility.

He was then caught on CCTV on 12 October stealing a bike from Peterborough Regional College in Park Crescent.

Four days after that, he tried to steal bikes belonging to a mother and her daughter from outside a Dobbie’s Garden Centre in Hampton.

The bikes were both secured with D locks which Davis damaged as he tried to remove them, and he then tried to steal another bike but fled when he was disturbed as he attempted to remove the lock.

On 18 October, he was once again caught on CCTV as he stole a bike from outside the Serpentine Green Shopping Centre in Hampton.

Davis was charged with stealing the six DVDs from Morrisons, as well as three counts of bike theft and two counts of attempted bike theft.

Initially, he pleaded not guilty, but he subsequently admitted the offences when he appeared at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on Friday 19 November.

He was handed a 28-week jail sentence, which also triggered a 12-week suspended sentence for bike theft initially handed down in May this year, taking his total sentence to 40  weeks in jail.

Investigating officer PC James Greening said: “Davis has more than 100 previous offences relating to theft and similar crimes – he is a prolific criminal who we have been able to put before the courts and send back to prison.

“We are now working with the courts to apply for a Criminal Behaviour Order to be put in place which will put strict conditions in place for when Davis is released from prison next year, any breaches of them will be an arrestable offence,” he added.

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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hawkinspeter | 2 years ago
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he stole six DVDs from a Morrisons supermarket

What year is this?

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chrisonabike replied to hawkinspeter | 2 years ago
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hawkinspeter wrote:

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he stole six DVDs from a Morrisons supermarket

What year is this?

2021 unless the road.cc story Wayback machine is at work. 2021, in Peterborough - meanwhile in 2036 in the rest of the UK...

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brooksby | 2 years ago
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“We are now working with the courts to apply for a Criminal Behaviour Order to be put in place which will put strict conditions in place for when Davis is released from prison next year, any breaches of them will be an arrestable offence,” he added.

But the stuff he went to prison for, after being arrested, was already an arrestable offence...  Hence his being arrested.  And sent to prison.

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RoubaixCube | 2 years ago
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why bother arresting him if youre just going to release him again??

In some far eastern countries, He would have lost both of his hands by now due to being caught stealing so many times. Either he learns the first time when he loses a finger or he carrys on till he is basically handicapped. 

Davis will probably be doing the exact same thing the moment he is released.

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eburtthebike replied to RoubaixCube | 2 years ago
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RoubaixCube wrote:

why bother arresting him if youre just going to release him again??

In some far eastern countries, He would have lost both of his hands by now due to being caught stealing so many times. Either he learns the first time when he loses a finger or he carrys on till he is basically handicapped. 

Davis will probably be doing the exact same thing the moment he is released.

Why not bring back hanging?  Guaranteed to deter other people considering breaking the law.

Oh, no, wait a minute.......

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chrisonabike replied to eburtthebike | 2 years ago
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eburtthebike wrote:

RoubaixCube wrote:

why bother arresting him if youre just going to release him again??

Why not bring back hanging?  Guaranteed to deter other people considering breaking the law.

Oh, no, wait a minute.......

Well he won't do it again...

RoubaixCube has a point - while locking him up for a bit will give other bike thieves a chance everyone a few weeks' break I thought we'd tried to avoid sending people to prison for much less than a year because you definitely couldn't do any "rehabilitation" in that time? Or did we just decide that given the state of many of our prisons (overcrowded, violent, drug-filled) it was risible to pretend that this was a realistic aim with most prisoners?

This guy though - I imagine he'd probably have had to lose a lot of fingers before being motivated to change. I wonder if drugs could be involved?

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Christopher TR1 replied to eburtthebike | 2 years ago
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Hanging is too good for him. He should be hung, drawn and quartered.

That'll learn him!

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Sriracha replied to RoubaixCube | 2 years ago
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RoubaixCube wrote:

why bother arresting him if youre just going to release him again??

In some far eastern countries, He would have lost both of his hands by now due to being caught stealing so many times. Either he learns the first time when he loses a finger or he carrys on till he is basically handicapped.

At which point he will still be supported by society, just by other means. Maybe there is a better way?

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Rome73 replied to RoubaixCube | 2 years ago
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It's tempting isn't it. Start with just a thumb. 

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chrisonabike replied to Rome73 | 2 years ago
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Lukas wrote:

It's tempting isn't it. Start with just a thumb. 

Rumour has it that the Navy implements the hatch drop technique for theft on occasion. For operational reasons just before returning to port. Don't want the buggers not standing their watch at sea.

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