Round-The-World Motorcyclist Has His Bike Stolen in Nottingham
A round-the-world motorcyclist has had his wheels and his equipment and possessions stolen in Nottingham, after having already travelled through 17 countries on his way from Mumbai to Cape Town via London. The Telegraph has the story:
Yogesh Alekari, who was 14,912 miles into his motorbike journey from Mumbai to Cape Town via London, said he was “heartbroken” after the theft of his KTM 390 Adventure motorbike.
The 33 year-old from India has blamed police for failing to keep the UK’s streets safe after he locked his bike up at Wollaton Park in Nottingham last Thursday, adding that he felt safer in Mumbai.
“UK police failed to control theft crimes in this country. India is the safest place to travel. We never ever lock our wheels in India, that’s the success of our police system,” Mr Alekari posted on Instagram on Monday.
Video footage captured by a visitor to the park showed his motorcycle being ridden away, flanked by two moped scooters.
Mr Alekari has ridden his bike through Nepal, China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Finland and Norway without incident before his bike was stolen in the UK.
Not only did Alekari lose his bike, but he also lost his spare phone, passport, laptop and cameras. With his trip now on hold until (and if) he recovers the bike, he was staggered by the police’s total indifference:
The blogger, who has been documenting his epic journey on his website and social media, said he called the police shortly after his bike was stolen.
But he was told officers were unable to attend the park, which is run by Nottingham City Council.
“I called the police and it seemed so strange that they just sent me a crime number,” he told the BBC. “I was told they would call me back, and I waited in the park, but they never did.”
This will be of interest to Daily Sceptic readers avidly following the scandalous arrest and intimidation of comedy writer and activist Graham Linehan by five police officers at Heathrow for making gender-critical tweets. Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting have weighed in to criticise the police, Streeting even calling for free speech laws to change. Starmer “told police to concentrate on tackling serious crime”.
Different location, different police force, and different circumstances, but a mark of how distanced the police are from their purpose. The Heathrow force overstepped the mark by a ludicrous margin. Conversely, Nottingham’s Keystone Kops have barely budged from their canteen:
Sgt Daniel Sheasby defended the police’s action, saying that although officers had been conducting “local inquiries”, they had so far been unable to locate the bike.
“We completely appreciate how much upset this will have caused to the bike owner, but want to assure him the police are taking this seriously and are doing everything we can to try and return this property to him,” he said.
“We ask anyone who was at Wollaton Park around that time and spotted anything suspicious to please report it to us.”
“Taking this seriously.” That’s alright then.
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I spent a whole 18 months converting a van to live in with my family. Everything of my own conception, design and build. A beautiful recirculating shower where you could sit for an hour or more if you wished, under a steaming hot stream. Four beds. Kitchen. Sofa. All powered by diesel. Travelled all over in it for two years. Made some amazing memories. Then, visiting Leeds for two weeks in April last year – WHOOSH – disappeared forever. Utterly traumatising and heartbreaking. My heart goes out to Yogesh. Keep going mate. Police? Gave me a reference number, then phoned me in the morning to say they’d closed the case. The lady said my van was seen on a speed camera nearby at 1am. When I phoned back to ask for the precise location of the camera, so that maybe I could dash around and try to find my van (maybe it was parked up somewhere while the thief waited to see if it was tracked) she said brusquely that the first lady should never have told me about the camera and treated me as if I was the criminal for asking. She said I might try to destroy the… Read more »
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What utter w*****s.
You’ve got to love the Data Protection Act – another law that just keeps on giving (like the online harms bill) and allows a lot of folk to feel the power of control rather than trying to be helpful to ordinary citizens like you Marcus.
Correct, TPTB hide behind this act at every opportunity to our disadvantage !
Awesome achievement, such a shame having it snatched away from you followed by the Blobs indifferent reaction !
The role of the police is to suppress dissent. David Shipley has a good article in the Telegraph, the state has favoured groups and ideologies criticise them at your peril.
Perfectly true .
The poor guy. I wouldn’t have let that bike out of my sight, and what was he doing leaving his important possessions such as a passport on there? You’d surely keep that on your person at all times. Mind, he’s Indian, so he won’t be getting much sympathy from people on here. Maybe the police were too busy hassling and arresting young kids for carrying England flags, which is allegedly what’s occurring here; https://x.com/suespeaksup/status/1963172838694658284 We know how the police feel about arsing themselves to respond to burglaries and shoplifters, but I wonder where they stand with naked migrants. He remembered to put his shoes on, to be fair; ”This is Walsall in the West Midlands. The man is from the local asylum hotel.” https://x.com/DaveAtherton20/status/1963249721096437761 Top comment. Said this a thousand times; ”It often feels as though individuals with criminal backgrounds and serious mental health challenges are arriving in the UK. The situation brings to mind the issues faced in the United States when concerns were raised about criminals being released in Mexico and crossing the border. I’ve now come across numerous reports highlighting offenders entering the country, alongside increasing numbers of people with evident mental health struggles visible on our… Read more »
“Mind, he’s Indian, so he won’t be getting much sympathy from people on here. “
FFS Mogs you’re better than this.
I think most people, and most people here (me included) are against government sponsored “immigration”. They are not xenophobes.
FFS Marcus, are you that wilfully blind? Open your eyes. There’s people on here that bang on and on, day in day out, disparaging people of colour, lying about cultures and religions they’re not remotely familiar with and sounding off about how inferior these brown people are compared with white Christians. Level of hostility and use of mass generalisation off the charts. Don’t you dare sit there and deny it, and by doing so, gaslight me.
According to many, ALL with migrant heritage are lumped in and judged as a whole. Whether they’re highly skilled and fully integrated, born in the UK or what. Doesn’t matter. Fact.
Who here does all these things you mention?
I had a little exchange with … Heretic, I think … about his statement that “only blacks have black hair”. It was an exchange of ideas, about our observations. I think he’s wrong. I don’t think he’s a xenophobe….
Agreed. Whilst mogs’ heart is undoubtedly in the right place she comes out on occasions with absurd projections.
The guy is Indian so what? He’s not here scrounging or molesting our women and girls, so fine.
Mind you leaving all your stuff on your bike, big mistake anywhere, but especially in a town run by a Pakistani.
“Absurd projections”? Trust a man to make such a condescending remark.🤡 If you’re denying there’s blatant racism present on this site, repeated on the regular by the same posters who have an obsession with this topic, then you’re demonstrating you’re aligning yourself with them and are therefore an example of the very people I’m referring to.
If you want to protect such hostile posters by gaslighting me then you’re complicit, which makes you just as bad.
But this is an echo chamber, where the inhabitants don’t take kindly to non-conformists who have zero hesitation in breaching the barrier whenever they wish, so I wouldn’t expect anyone to agree with me on this matter. Keep on denying reality as I’ll keep on inconveniently shoving it in your face.
There’s racism everywhere, Mogs. But let’s not get confused about the quantity.
Don’t get me wrong, I think a healthy amount of caution towards newcomers to any society is only natural and arguably a good thing, but that’s not racism. I can’t remember the last time I met someone who was actually racist.
Let’s not get carried away , Mogwai made a sweeping assumption & it’s spiralled, btw Newcomers doesn’t cover what’s being done ( with military precision) to the uk & the rest of the western world .
Isn’t the answer is simply to name some names? Or at least quote some quotes? I can’t say I’ve seen any racism here at all – but I haven’t seen every post! On another topic, do you feel that Jack the Dog’s sex affects his alleged capacity for condescension? I know lots of condescending women! Are you referring to the phenomenon of ‘mansplaining’ and the superior tone that some men adopt with women? I’ve seen that too – but not much these days, I must say – most men are far too aware of the consequences!
btw, I don’t really deny that there is indeed a degree of condescension in Jack the Dog’s tone in his “absurd projections” comment. Sorry Jack, it’s there! Slip of the typing finger perhaps?
I’m a dog actually the clue is in the name.
Mogwai, I think you are tarring too many people with the same brush (sorry about metaphor). Most contributors on here are sick and tired of excessive immigration, legal or illegal, because of its effect on our public services and finances. That was true when we were in the EU and most migrants were Eastern European.
Boris half-closed the door to Europeans but opened it up to the rest of the world. The same objections to numbers applies, but with an additional one about culture, specifically Islamic culture, where we seem to be importing a group of people determined not to integrate. So it’s not racism but cultural differences which seed discord.
I am a motorcyclist. Nowadays you plan your journey and only park the bike in a well chosen location. Pick a place where you can chain the bike to an anchor point, or three or four thieves will turn up and lift it into a van. The chain has to be able to withstand battery powered angle grinders. One pedestrian told me that mine looked strong enough to anchor a trawler. Of course you also fit alarms, disc locks, tracker devices. Always choose the best. You carry a cover to put over the bike, not to protect it from rain but to increase the difficulties for thieves in identifying if your machine takes their fancy and confuse their plan of attack on potential anti-theft devices. Shopping trip safely completed, you disarm all these devices and prepare to resume your journey. Always keep an eye out for a hooded bystander who might attempt to commandeer your machine and it’s ignition keys at this point. Remain vigilant in slow moving traffic and locations such as petrol stations where the same might occur, particular danger signal being hooded e-bike riders carrying hooded passengers. They might threaten you with knives or maybe use pepper… Read more »
Agreed. On all points. I am also a motorcyclist. And Yogesh is misguided in his oversimplification of the situation by saying that places have less crime simply because the police do things better.
The fact is that if you don’t crack down quickly on small criminals, you end up with bigger career criminals because they are never challenged. Even if caught and prosecuted, criminals can commit more than 100 crimes before they get custodial sentences. These ‘small crimes’ aren’t insignificant. They undermine our whole society. It is a dereliction of law and order.
That’ll teach him.