Report: Police Resolve Stones Tape Case
Posted on: Monday, 4 August 2003, 06:00 CDT
It took more than 20 years, but police finally got some satisfaction in the case of a stolen Rolling Stones cassette.
David Anthony Leahy, 43, was convicted last week of stealing the tape from a store in the northeastern tourist city of Cairns in 1982, the latest edition of the Gympie Times newspaper reported.
He was ordered to appear in court after police stopped him driving through the town of Gympie, 190 miles north of Brisbane, capital of Queensland state, and discovered an outstanding warrant for his arrest.
Magistrate Paul Johnstone last Friday fined Leahy $130 for shoplifting and another $195 for not appearing in court after he was originally charged.
"The law will always catch up with you some time," Johnstone told Leahy in court, the Gympie Times reported. "It doesn't really matter whether it was 21 years ago or 21 hours ago."
Leahy's lawyer, Steve Cavanagh, said his client did not clearly remember the 1982 incident or his reason for not turning up in court when originally ordered to.
"The offense occurred so long ago, his recollection is very vague, as you can imagine," Cavanagh told the court.
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