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A pilot whose top-of-the-range Mercedes was stolen from his driveway 17 days in the past says police have but to retrieve it.
Harry Guilbert’s mint five-year-old A Class was taken after thieves broke into his house in Withington, Manchester to get the keys.Â
But 17 days later, he says he’s nonetheless ready for Greater Manchester Police to assist regardless of the automobile having been fitted with a working tracker.
His automobile was valued at £19,000 on the finish of final yr and has solely 22,500 miles on the clock.
The automobile had been outdoors his property for six weeks, whereas Harry, 32, tried to re-register it with the DVLA.Â
He had been dwelling in his native Guernsey when he purchased it in 2020, which meant he was nonetheless unable to drive it in Greater Manchester after the plates expired.
This meant he was unable to insure the Mercedes – declaring it as ‘off the street’ whereas he waited for paperwork to be accomplished.Â
Mr Guilbert stated: ‘I purchased the automotive in January 2020 in Guernsey. I moved over from the Channel Islands to Manchester in April final yr. I moved into my home in August. I purchased the automotive model new for £27,000.
Pilot Harry Guilbert’s A Class Mercedes was stolen by thieves however he claims police have but to retrieve it regardless of the automobile being fitted with a working tracker
Mr Guilbert’s (pictured) automotive was stolen as he was re-registering it with the DVLA
‘It was on Guernsey registration plates and I can solely maintain it on these for thus lengthy earlier than I’ve to import it to the UK. Part of the principles when you’re re-registering it’s that it’s declared as off the street.Â
‘The thieves have come down somewhat walkway by my home and damaged in by means of the backdoor, walked by means of the home, bought the keys, and took the automotive.’
While producer Mercedes is ready to share particulars on the automotive’s location with police, they’re unable to inform the proprietor as a consequence of authorized causes.Â
Mr Guilbert added: ‘Mercedes can inform the police the place it’s however cannot inform me for authorized causes. By UK legislation they aren’t allowed to inform me the place my very own automotive is. The police should instigate the chat and request the knowledge.
‘The automotive has been lacking for 17 days and I’ve contacted the police about eight instances. I’ve solely been capable of converse to civilian operators.
‘All I get is that they’ll depart a message for somebody to ring me again and so they by no means do. I’ve had one e-mail which stated that that they had not contacted Mercedes but.’
He continued: ‘The automotive was not insured and so I used to be not driving it. I needed to watch for it to be re-registered earlier than I might insure it within the UK. It had been insured whereas on Guernsey plates, however as soon as the interval it could possibly be within the UK on these plates had expired I needed to get it re-registered earlier than I might get new insurance coverage.’
The automotive was taken January 16 someday between 6.30pm and 10pm whereas Harry was away.
He stated: ‘I’ve filed a proper criticism to GMP about the best way they’ve dealt with this. The loopy factor is, it’s such a simple win for Greater Manchester Police. All they’ve to do is drop Mercedes an e-mail and they’ll give them the monitoring info.Â
‘Then they only ring Vodafone and they’ll have an excellent concept of the place the automotive is. But it could possibly be wherever now – it has been lacking for 17 days. I do know the tracker remains to be lively on my automotive as a result of I checked with Mercedes yesterday.’
Despite the automotive having been lacking for 17 days and having an lively tracker, police have but to recuperate Mr Guilbert’s automotive
His father Paul stated: ‘The automotive is a mint five-year-old Mercedes with lots of sentimental worth. It would price over twice its present worth to interchange. A criticism has been lodged with the police which equally has resulted in no obvious motion.
‘Legal recommendation up to now is solely that there’s a probably avenue to sue the police, however actually, all we require is the automotive again please. Surely that is a simple, low hanging fruit end result for the police to find the automotive and enhance their automotive theft restoration stats?’
Greater Manchester Police in an announcement stated: ‘An enquiry was despatched to Mercedes on 23 January 2025, and so they responded that the automobile could possibly be tracked.Â
‘This is not going to present a pinpoint correct location for the automobile however will slender down its location. An investigation is presently ongoing.’
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Thieves stole my £20,000 Mercedes 17 days in the past – it is fitted with a working tracker however police have completed nothing to retrieve it
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