VIC:Ferrari thief jailed four months

AAP General News (Australia)
08-09-2010
VIC:Ferrari thief jailed four months

MELBOURNE, Aug 9 AAP - A man who stole a $355,000 red Ferrari from Melbourne's Crown
Casino has been jailed for four months.

Adam Ramsay, 32, of Flemington spotted the Ferrari F430 Spider in the casino's valet
parking about 1.30am (AEDT) on May 14 and asked the attendants for the keys.

He was handed the keys to the car after providing his name and address details.

Ramsay drove the car to Broadmeadows in the city's north and was arrested by police
when he stopped to fill the car up with petrol.

Ramsay's lawyer George Douglas told the Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Monday the
joyride was unplanned.

"It wasn't planned, it was dumb," he said.

"It was an impulse thing."

He said when Ramsay took the car he didn't know what to do or where to go.

The father-of-two decided he wanted to see his children, but had some time to kill,
as it was still early morning.

But the red Ferrari, which was later reported missing by its owner, poker millionaire
Van Marcus, stood out in the northern suburb.

"There aren't too many red Ferraris in Broadmeadows," said Mr Douglas, who has an office
in the suburb.

Ramsay will serve the four-month jail term concurrently with a 35-month sentence he
is serving for other matters.

Chief Magistrate Ian Gray said the crime was "bizarre" but not significant enough to
warrant a tougher sentence.

"I accept that this was a spontaneous act," he said.

"There are no aggravating circumstances of this crime which call for an additional
period (of imprisonment) to be served," he said.

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