Police officer's stolen bike parts earns man conditional discharge

A 21-year-old man who admitted paying a mechanic to fix his bike with stolen parts was given a conditional discharge at court today.

Dominic Daniels paid $200 for a man to customize his bike and the parts ended up being stolen parts from PC Timothy Evelyn’s bike.

At his hearing in May, the court heard PC Evelyn parked his bike outside of his home.

At 6:45am, he realised the cycle had been stolen and an investigation began.

On April 22, officers including PC Evelyn were on duty at the Prospect Impound when Daniel's bike was brought in on another matter.

PC Evelyn identified several parts of the cycle as belonging to him.

Daniels was arrested on suspicion of receiving stolen goods.

In a police interview, he told officers he paid a man $200 to replace parts on his motorbike.

In the interview, the officers asked if he knew if there was anything illegal about the new parts on his bike. Daniels said he didn’t care.

In court that day, the defendant said: “It was a mistake. I’m sorry for this whole ordeal.

“I had no idea that those parts were stolen. I thought this was a legitimate transaction.”

Today Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner said: “You don’t want to fall back into this cycle that you were in before.

“In the circumstances, I’m going to look at this as an anomaly and, bearing in mind your history and your attempt to get things back together, I’m not going to record a conviction against you, but you have got to make sure you keep on the straight and narrow.

“Don’t let these people in any way, shape or form pull you back to where you were.”

Daniels was given a conditional discharge for 12 months.

He pleaded guilty to receiving stolen goods, a Honda Scoopy frame and plastics belonging to PC Evelyn between January 28 and April 23.