Holidaymaker fined for stealing £5,000 water bike from Windermere

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 21 Oct, 07:02 · Archive

Carl Shire, 40, was fined £120 after pleading guilty to stealing a £5,000 water bike from Lake Windermere in August.

Carl Shire, 40, pleaded guilty at South Cumbria Magistrates' Court to theft by finding after stealing a £5,000 water bike from Windermere on 11 August. The bike's owner stopped to speak with Shire, who was driving a white van, hoping he might have information about the missing bike. Shire drove off, raising the victim's suspicion. The owner noted his registration plate and reported it to police, who stopped Shire on the A590 and recovered the water bike along with other parts.

Shire's solicitor, Shaun Harkin, told magistrates the theft was 'opportunistic'. Shire was on holiday in the Lake District when he saw the bike on Windermere and believed it was abandoned. The court heard Shire has 18 previous convictions for 29 offences. He works as a carer for his elderly parents and has a three-month-old son.

Shire was fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 in court costs and a £48 victim surcharge.

How it is being reported

• 'Opportunistic' holidaymaker fined after stealing £5,000 ‘water bike’A HOLIDAYMAKER has been sentenced after he was caught stealing a £5,000 ‘water bike’ from Lake Windermere.NW Evening Mail · 21 Oct, 06:00
• 'Opportunistic' holidaymaker fined after stealing £5,000 ‘water bike’A HOLIDAYMAKER has been sentenced after he was caught stealing a £5,000 ‘water bike’ from Lake Windermere.Westmorland Gazette · 21 Oct, 06:00

In this story: Carl Shire · Lake Windermere · South Cumbria Magistrates' Court · Royston

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