thing is even a old orion turbo still has a couple hundred quid in bits on it.

£200 for a few hours work (including stripping it) is a good little earner these days.

Most of these criminals know the cops cant really touch them and in the unlikely event of being caught, they will have broken and sold on bits from hundreds of cars making them 10's of thousands of tax free money all while they still claim benefits

and if they get caught, they will unlikely get long inside. Jacko for example, spent a long time in prison for the offences he was accused of. I can only guess he was used as an example as a first timer (as is often the case - hardly fair) and got big bird time as a result.

You bet your bottom dollar that the proper scum bags wouldnt serve 6 months and of course would have all thier previous car crimes "taken into consideration" and get concurrent sentancing meaning in effect they have wiped the slate clean ready to start again when they get out in 6 months.