16:38 EDT, 8 January 2021
A heavily tattooed man who allegedly boasted online about being a 'petty car thief with expensive taste' has been charged over an alleged luxury car theft scheme.
Luke Lythgoe, 33, was arrested on Thursday following a police investigation into a number of expensive cars being stolen while on test drives from car dealerships in Sydney's inner west.
Mr Lythgoe, a former sponsored triathlon athlete, was stopped at a Blacktown shopping centre along with his girlfriend Ashleigh Wilson, 21, with police allegedly finding the keys to several cars in her handbag.
Luke Lythgoe (pictured) was arrested on Thursday following a police investigation into a number of expensive cars being stolen while on test drives from car dealerships in Sydney