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£3500 bill to replace a stolen parking meter



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Published Date: 13 September 2008
TAXPAYERS will be hit with a bill for £3500 to replace a stolen parking meter which would have gained the thieves a maximum haul of just £500.
The parking meter was stolen from Moray Place, leaving a hole in the ground and a now redundant 'Pay at Machine' sign. Police believe the thieves got away in a white transit van.

One parking source was reported to have called the theft "a professional job" which was carried out for little reward.

The source added: "The machines only hold around £500 and are emptied every three days. There's a safe inside which is opened mechanically. The thieves will have trouble opening it.

"The machines are really heavy so it must have been a gang . Two guys couldn't lift it."



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john3,

13/09/2008 12:16:43
oh dear - so Moray Place is yet again in a position for ordinary folk to park there for free(for a while anyway)
Having illegally removed my car from a residents parking bay and dumping it in Ravelston a number of years ago I was told that the residents of Moray Place would not like it if the police put other residents cars there.

 

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