Sailendras Nair charged for stealing tyre inflator from petrol station
A thief from Melbourne’s southeast has been left red-faced after discovering he would not have been able to use the item he stole.
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An dimwitted thief has had his tyres deflated in court, coming to the realisation he would not have been able to use the item he stole.
Sailendras Nair represented himself at Dandenong Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday where he pleaded guilty at his mention hearing to a charge of stealing a tyre inflator from a United petrol station in Springvale South.
The incident was captured on CCTV in December 2022, with the theft reported to police and Nair arrested a few weeks later.
Nair was asked by Magistrate Tony Burns if he had an air compressor at home to which he answered ‘no’.
Mr Burns then responded by telling Nair that “a tyre inflator is useless without an air compressor”.
Nair avoided conviction and was placed on a 12-month good behaviour bond.
