Man admits stealing quad bike from barn (From Craven Herald)

Man admits stealing quad bike from barn

3:02pm Thursday 21st February 2013 in News

A 20-year-old man took the blame for the theft of a quad vehicle which was later recovered from a river, magistrates were told.

But two fellow suspects, Jonjo Verity and Nancy Furniss, who denied or made no comment when interviewed by police, were not charged, said prosecutor Caroline Midgley.

Jonathan Parrott was the only one to admit to the theft of the quad bike, valued at £1,500, from a barn at Ribblehead.

She told magistrates that at 6.30pm, on August 4, a witness saw two men and a woman walking across a field from a barn towards a distinctive painted van at the side of the road.

It was claimed the owner of the van was Jonjo Verity. Later, it was reported that a quad had been taken from the barn.

The court was told that some days afterwards, Parrott and Verity were seen riding the quad, which had been painted black, around a field.

When arrested, Parrott of Springfield, Kirkby Lonsdale, admitted he had stolen the quad and claimed that he and Verity had painted it and then thrown it in the river when they discovered the police were onto them.

The Bench told Parrott that the offence was too serious for them to deal with and remitted him to Bradford Crown Court for sentence.