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An Exeter motorcycle fan was found with four stolen machines in his lock up garage after police used a tracker device to find a brand new Kawasaki.

Arron Callard had already done so much work to disguise the £13,000 Ninja superbike in the space of a few hours that it was damaged beyond repair.

There were three other motorcycled in the lock up in Exeter which were worth a further £9,000 between them.

Callard, aged 23, of Grendon Road, Exeter, admitted handling and was jailed for ten months, suspended for two years, and ordered to do 150 hours unpaid community work by Assistant Judge Advocate Alan Large at Exeter Crown Court.

He told him:"The people who had their bikes stolen are entitled to think that those who are involved in handling them are treated seriously.

"They have suffered upset and inconvenience and have lost machines which were their pride and joy. As a motorcycle fan you should appreciate that more than anyone else."

Mr Sean Brunton, prosecuting, said a brand new Kawasaki Ninja stolen from its owner's home in Beacon Lane, Exeter on March 25 was fitted with a tracker device which enabled the police to find it at a lock up in Hamilton Avenue.

Callard had rented the garage under a false name but was traced and three other bikes found with the Kawasaki were also found to be stolen.

All were in the process of being stripped or disguised and they had a total value of £22,430. The Kawasaki was already so damaged it was written off by the insurers.

He said the owners of the bikes included a plasterer, factory worker, and road mender, and all suffered financial loss and inconvenience from the thefts.

He said Callard was close to whoever had taken the machines and formed part of a chain in which they were being prepared for sale.

Mr Peter Seigne, defending, said Callard now has a job and the chance to turn his life around after a background of being in trouble for similar offences.

He said:"When he gets down, motorcycles are like an addiction to him. He uses them to feed that addiction."

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And my cousins bike was one of them

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Can we cut his hand off? please, pleaeeeeeeese ......

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And my cousins bike was one of them

ooh, didn't realise his was one of them Chris....all over FB too this story