A 22 YEAR-OLD UNEMPLOYED BUILDER, WHO STOLE A JAGU

A 22 YEAR-OLD UNEMPLOYED BUILDER, WHO STOLE A JAGUAR CAR
FROM THE SOUTH YEMEN EMBASSY, IS HOPING TO START WORK FOR A
BUILDING COMPANY – CALLED ‘AMBASSADORS.

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IN AN UNDIPLOMATIC INCIDENT, RICKY WILLIAMS SPOTTED THE
CAR AND TRIED TO TOW IT AWAY, SOUTHWARK CROWN COURT HEARD ON
THURSDAY.

BUT EMBASSY STAFF SAW HIM AND STOPPED HIM TAKING THE
CAR.

‘WILLIAMS SAW THE CAR ON A PREVIOUS OCCASION, DECIDED
TO TAKE IT, AND GOT A FRIEND TO WRITE OUT A BOGUS BILL OF SALE
TO COVER HIMSELF,’ MR MICHAEL AUSTIN-SMITH, PROSECUTING TOLD THE
COURT.

HE RETURNED WITH A TOW TRUCK AND DRIVER AND STARTED TO
TAKE THE JAGUAR WHEN HE WAS STOPPED BY EMBASSY OFFICIALS, ADDED
MR AUSTIN-SMITH.

WILLIAMS WAS TOLD TO WAIT WHILE POLICE WERE ALERTED BUT
HE HAD SCARPERED BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVED, THE COURT WAS TOLD.

BUT QUICK-THINKING STAFF WROTE THE REGISTRATION OF THE
TRUCK DOWN AND WILLIAMS WAS EVENTUALLY TRACED AND ARRESTED ON
NOVEMBER 25 LAST YEAR.

IN AN INTERVIEW WITH POLICE WILLIAMS ALLEGEDLY SAID: ‘MY
DREAM HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO HAVE A BIG CAR.

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HE ADDED: ‘I DID HAVE A JAGUAR BUT I COULDN’T AFFORD THE

PARTS AND HEN I SAW THE CAR, I WANTED IT.

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THE JAGUAR, WILLIAMS THOUGHT, HAD BEEN ABANDONED, AS
THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE INSIDE AND OUT, SAID MR WILLIAM
BATSTONE, DEFENDING.

‘HE THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY WORTH #300, AS IT COULD NOT

BE DRIVEN IN ITS STATE,’ ADDED COUNSEL.

WILLIAMS, WHO LIVES WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND IN GIPSY HILL,
GIPSY HILL, SE19, IS HOPING TO START WORK WITH AMBASSADOR BUILDERS IN

TWO WEEKS TIME.

HE PLEADED GUILTY TO ATTEMPTING TO STEAL THE JAGUAR
BELONGING TO THE EMBASSSY IN QUEENSGATE, KENSINGTON, ON OCTOBER
9 LAST YEAR.

A CHARGE OF USING A FALSE BILL OF SALE WITH INTENT,
WHICH WILLIAMS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO WAS ORDERED TO LIE ON FILE.

HE WAS REMANDED UNTIL JUNE 12 FOR SOCIAL ENQUIRY AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE REPORTS.

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