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A man from Tylorstown is due to appear in court next week charged with stealing over five hundred traffic cones from around the Rhondda.

Colin Thickpenny aged 38, of Penrhys Road, had been stealing traffic cones from in front of his neighbours’ houses that had been placed there to stop cars parking, and then he sold the cones back to the council.

Colin told My Rhondda News, “It all started when I noticed a lot of people in my street were using cones placed outside their houses to keep the parking space for themselves. I thought I’d be quids in if I could sell them back to the council, so I just started nicking ’em”.

Thickpenny only got caught because one clever council employee became suspicious at the amount of cones he was attempting to sell, so contacted the police.

Police said, Mr Thickpenny got greedy and started stealing cones from all over the Rhondda, “It’s just not right.”, said P.C. Dwain Wood, from South Wales Police, “People work hard for the things they own, and having their cones stolen from right on their doorstep is downright disgraceful. I’m glad we were able to put a stop to Mr Thickpenny’s enterprising scheme.”

Angela Smith, also of Penrhys Road, and a victim of cone theft told us, “It’s absolutely ridiculous really, it’s bad enough that I have to put a cone outside my house to save my space in the first place, but to have it stolen is a absolutely disgusting, I hope they throw the book at him.”

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