Brothers scrap metal deal an offer too good to be true
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Two brothers who attempted to sell three stolen aluminium coils valued at €9,000 to a scrapyard have avoided a jail term.
Judge Martin Nolan said the men, Patrick (27) and Anthony (29) Boyle who were charged with possession of stolen property, had seen only profit after getting “an offer too good to be true.”
The men are not alleged to have been involved in the theft of the aluminium coils.
Sergeant Shane McHugh told Pieter Le Vert BL, prosecuting, that the owner of a scrap metal company became aware that an inexperienced employee had taken in two loads of aluminium. He inspected the material and when he found it to be new, suspected it was stolen.