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Suspended sentence for 'go-between'
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• A 23-year-old Hackney man, said to have acted as "go between" for lorry thieves and receivers, was given an 18 months' prison sentence, suspended for three years, at Hertford assizes on October 27.
Daniel John Kiley, of Lea Street, pleaded guilty to handling 1090 stolen car tyres worth £4500. A plea of not guilty to stealing the tyres was accepted by the court.
Mr John Leonard, QC, prosecuting, said a lorry loaded with tyres was left parked at the depot of Charles Alexander and Co in Welham Green, Herts, between November 16 and 17, 1969. On the 17th the lorry was stolen from the depot. A week later it was found abandoned — minus the tyres but with false number plates — in Old Bethnal Green Road.
Mr Leonard said that after the theft Kiley acted as the "middle man" in helping to arrange the disposal of the tyres.
Later Kiley told police: "The only reason I got involved with these tyres was because I thought the money would come in handy for Christmas." Detective Chief Inspector Jack Moulder told the court that Kiley had a number of previous convictions for house breaking and theft. In July this year he was given a two-year prison sentence suspended for two years, after pleading guilty to handling a quantity of car and lorry batteries worth 12500.
The officer explained that Kiley committed this offence after being seen by police about the load of tyres.
Kiley's counsel, Mr Louis Schaffer, said: "This is a young man who has a dreadful history of dishonesty, but when he was seen about this matter he made a full statement to the police. He did not try to talk his way out of it at the police station or attempt to pull the wool over a jury's eyes."
Passing sentence, Mr Commissioner Lymbery, QC, presiding said: "You were not an instigator in the theft or a prime mover in any conspiracy. You were a gobetween for the thieves and the receivers. But you formed a very vital cog in the operation."