UK man steals to buy radios

And finally this week, talk about being addicted to radio. Amateur Radio Newsline's Jim Damron, N8TMW, reports:

The Halifax Evening Courier reports that a 56-year-old man in the United Kingdom admitted to stealing £15,000 (the equivalent of almost $30,000) from his 71-year-old partner and spending it all on receivers.

The newspaper says that the Copley, Halifax man was accused of forging his partners signature on checks made out to himself while she was a resident in a nursing home.

He reportedly used the money to purchase radios with which he surrounded himself often had them all on at once.

Police found about 50 wireless sets in his house. The defense said he had suffered from an obsessive compulsive disorder for 30 years.

The next time your XYL gives you a bad time over your transceiver and antenna tuner, just tell her about this guy and how lucky she really is.

Read the full story at:
http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Obsessive-compulsive-sufferer-stole-15000.3767383.jp

Source: ARNewsline, Halifax EC