{"id":99,"date":"2016-04-11T15:12:15","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T15:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minutes.machine.market\/?p=99"},"modified":"2016-04-11T15:12:15","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T15:12:15","slug":"kirkcaldy-man-faces-jail-after-stealing-jcb-equipment-worth-60k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/kirkcaldy-man-faces-jail-after-stealing-jcb-equipment-worth-60k\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirkcaldy man faces jail after stealing JCB equipment worth \u00a360k"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Kirkcaldy thief who stole two diggers worth almost \u00a360,000 &#8211; then blew the proceeds on booze and gambling &#8211; was today facing jail.<\/p>\n<p>James Stewart (23) hired three <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jcb.com\/\">JCB machines<\/a> from stores in Cupar and St Andrews in January last year.<\/p>\n<p>But he didn\u2019t give them back &#8211; fobbing off the owners off with excuses before ignoring their calls.<\/p>\n<p>Police were called in and were able to track one of the diggers to a travellers\u2019 site in Aberdeenshire and another to an industrial estate in Kirkcaldy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"taboola-mobile-mid-article-text-links-title\" class=\"taboola-right-rail__title\">\u00a0The third &#8211; valued at \u00a321,000 &#8211; has never been found.<\/div>\n<p>Now Stewart, of Adamson Avenue, faces a jail term after admitting two charges of theft at Dundee Sheriff Court.<\/p>\n<p>His lawyer told the court the theft had been a \u201cfoolish plan to make money\u201d and that he\u2019d spent the cash on alcohol and gambling.<\/p>\n<p>Fiscal depute Eilidh Robertson told the court: \u201cOn January 19, 2015, the accused attended at FTM Plant Hire in Cupar and rented a JCB digger and dumper for a week at a cost of \u00a3250.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fifetoday.co.uk\/news\/local-headlines\/kirkcaldy-man-faces-jail-after-stealing-jcb-equipment-worth-60k-1-4072108#ixzz45WzDT14a\">http:\/\/www.fifetoday.co.uk\/news\/local-headlines\/kirkcaldy-man-faces-jail-after-stealing-jcb-equipment-worth-60k-1-4072108#ixzz45WzDT14a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Kirkcaldy thief who stole two diggers worth almost \u00a360,000 &#8211; then blew the proceeds on booze and gambling &#8211; was today facing jail. 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