‘Chop shop’ kingpin offered another criminal €10k to take the fall after €460k stolen car parts bust

Ken Foy

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A mechanic jailed last week for possession of €460,000 worth of stolen car parts offered another criminal €10,000 to take responsibility for the massive haul uncovered by gardaí.

New details of the investigation into John Ayton (38), of Longwood, Co Meath, and his accomplice, Andrew Bailey (30), with a previous address at Kilmessan, Co Meath, can be revealed after they were given jail terms of three and two years respectively at Trim Circuit Court last week.