The Cardiff Student Weekly newspaper Gair Rhydd reports A group of sunbathing first-year students were shocked to discover a homeless lodger living in the garden shed of their student house. The students were making the most of the hot weather on Tuesday 21 April when they discovered items belonging to a mystery guest after they… Continue reading Cardiff Students discover squatter in their shed
Crime
Thieves caught shed handed
The kent news reports Two teenagers were spotted wheeling a trolley loaded with a small garden shed away from the B&Q store in Sturry Road, Canterbury last week. Police were called and one man ran off but police found him and another teenager nearby. The shed was found abandoned in Dickens Avenue and has now… Continue reading Thieves caught shed handed
Man supplies submachine guns from his shed
A man adapted replica Mac-10 guns in a garden shed in Berkshire. The weapons were then distributed to criminals in London and have been linked with nine murders. Reading Crown Court heard Wilkinson, using the name Grant Wilson, bought 90 blank-firing Mac-10s in July 2004 from a registered firearms dealer in Northolt, Middlesex. He then… Continue reading Man supplies submachine guns from his shed
Shed thieves nicked on the job
North West Evening Mail reports on some shed criminals A PAIR of thieves have been electronically tagged after stealing a neighbour’s garden shed.Luke Woodward and Adam Teare were spotted carrying the base of the shed from the garden of a Vulcan Road home. Furness Magistrates’ Court heard that at 2.45am on Saturday April 19 a… Continue reading Shed thieves nicked on the job
Bloke fined £10,000 over garden shed film factory
Manchester city council report A man who was caught running a ‘sophisticated’ DVD counterfeiting operation from his garden shed has been ordered to pay £10,000 following a Manchester City Council prosecution. Michael Kilcourse, aged 44, was fined £7,500 and ordered to pay £2,500 legal costs at Manchester Crown Court on Friday, July 25, after pleading… Continue reading Bloke fined £10,000 over garden shed film factory