A Jindera youth trying to pawn a stolen ring attempted to blame his mum, but she told the cops he was lying.
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Thomas Mark Mitchell, Albury Local Court has heard, tried to claim that his mother told him to take the ring to John’s Buy and Loans in Lavington.
The reasoning, the 18-year-old told police, was the ring was “old jewellery lying around the house” so his mother told him to offload the piece.
But Mitchell’s mother immediately denied the story he offered police after his arrest.
“She also stated that the accused had panicked and told police this story as he was pawning the ring for a 16-year-old friend.”
Magistrate Tony Rodney Brender asked Lynch to explain his crime.
“I didn’t know it was stolen,” he said.
Lynch answered “yes” when Mr Brender asked if he told police the name of the person “who asked you to do this”. He pleaded guilty to a single charge of goods in custody suspected of being stolen.
The court was told how a man entered the store on July 12 to make inquiries about a stolen ring.
The man, who police have not been able to identify, then pulled out a photograph of a yellow gold marquise diamond ring, which was described as “quite unique”.
The owner said he would keep a look out for the ring.
About 4.50pm that same day, Mitchell entered the store to make inquiries about pawning several items including a ring the owner thought identical to the one in the photo.
Mitchell asked for $500 to leave the ring with him, but the owner was suspicious and called police. The ring was later valued by police at between $3500 and $4000.
Thomas was put on a 12-month bond, without conviction.