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A thief has admitted to a “very silly” mistake in pinching a beloved gorilla statue from a retirement village. Matthew Newbould on Friday pleaded guilty to stealing the 20kg garden ornament named ‘Garry’ from a retirement village at St Helena in Melbourne’s northeast on June 6. The 33-year-old went to the Leith Park village with a friend to buy a chest of drawers when he spotted the Gorilla statue perched on tree stumps, the Heidelberg Magistrates Court was told.
Newbould was arrested on July 5 and a search of his phone revealed text messages to friends, including one that said: “LOL I stole a gorilla, so what?” He was also disqualified from driving at the time of the theft, after losing his licence in July 2023. His lawyer Rebecca Elder told the court Newbould made a stupid and opportunistic decision to steal Garry and he never had any intention to sell the statue. Newbould also conceded to Magistrate Michael Wighton that he had made a poor mistake.
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