Serpentfire666
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What a wonderfull example of warm friendly xian love this is (sarcasm)
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/ne ... -asks\
-for-half-of-value/
When Clyde and Lesley Bevan were told the $6500 gold and diamond bracelet they
had lost months ago had been found, they were delighted and grateful to the
person who picked it up in a carpark.
Their happiness turned into incredulity when the finder told them he now owned
the jewellery under a law that allows finders to keep unclaimed lost property
after two months.
He said he would give Mr and Mrs Bevan the bracelet but only if they made a
claim under their insurance policy and gave him half the payout.
The couple were surprised when they discovered the finder was a clergyman, the
Rev. Terry McAuliffe, of St Paul's Anglican Church in City Beach.
The Rev. McAuliffe, who said he was a former lawyer, explained he was simply
offering to share his windfall with the Bevans.
"It would be nice to keep it but I felt it would be best to get it back to
them," he said. "They can get it back for 50 per cent."
Mr Bevan, who owns the Friends restaurant in Perth with wife Lesley, bought the
bracelet, which is adorned with 16 diamonds, for her birthday more than eight
years ago.
Mrs Bevan unknowingly dropped the bracelet in a restaurant carpark in Inglewood
in February and it was found by the Rev. McAuliffe, who took it to a police
station where it was registered as found property.
The Rev. McAuliffe said under the Criminal and Found Property Disposal Act 2006,
he became the owner of the bracelet when police contacted him in May to let him
know that it had not been claimed.
The clergyman said he became aware of the security code, which led him to the
Bevans, imprinted on the bracelet when he took it to be valued and insured.
Mr Bevan said they were delighted when they heard from the jeweller from whom
they bought the bracelet that it had been found.
The jeweller passed on the Rev. McAuliffe's details and Mr Bevan emailed him to
arrange collection.
The Rev McAuliffe responded: "As you have thus lost ownership of the bracelet,
you have a valid claim against your insurer for its insured value. On the basis
that equality is equity, I would be prepared to sell it to you for 50 per cent
of its insured value."
Mr Bevan said yesterday he was disappointed police were not able to find him
from the security code as the Rev. McAuliffe did.
The dispute over the bracelet seemed to be in a stalemate last night, with the
Rev. McAuliffe standing by his offer to the Bevans.
"I have been given a gift fallen from the sky," he said.
"What do I do with my gift? That's up to me to decide. I'm just offering to
share the windfall."
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Hail Satan
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/ne ... -asks\
-for-half-of-value/
When Clyde and Lesley Bevan were told the $6500 gold and diamond bracelet they
had lost months ago had been found, they were delighted and grateful to the
person who picked it up in a carpark.
Their happiness turned into incredulity when the finder told them he now owned
the jewellery under a law that allows finders to keep unclaimed lost property
after two months.
He said he would give Mr and Mrs Bevan the bracelet but only if they made a
claim under their insurance policy and gave him half the payout.
The couple were surprised when they discovered the finder was a clergyman, the
Rev. Terry McAuliffe, of St Paul's Anglican Church in City Beach.
The Rev. McAuliffe, who said he was a former lawyer, explained he was simply
offering to share his windfall with the Bevans.
"It would be nice to keep it but I felt it would be best to get it back to
them," he said. "They can get it back for 50 per cent."
Mr Bevan, who owns the Friends restaurant in Perth with wife Lesley, bought the
bracelet, which is adorned with 16 diamonds, for her birthday more than eight
years ago.
Mrs Bevan unknowingly dropped the bracelet in a restaurant carpark in Inglewood
in February and it was found by the Rev. McAuliffe, who took it to a police
station where it was registered as found property.
The Rev. McAuliffe said under the Criminal and Found Property Disposal Act 2006,
he became the owner of the bracelet when police contacted him in May to let him
know that it had not been claimed.
The clergyman said he became aware of the security code, which led him to the
Bevans, imprinted on the bracelet when he took it to be valued and insured.
Mr Bevan said they were delighted when they heard from the jeweller from whom
they bought the bracelet that it had been found.
The jeweller passed on the Rev. McAuliffe's details and Mr Bevan emailed him to
arrange collection.
The Rev McAuliffe responded: "As you have thus lost ownership of the bracelet,
you have a valid claim against your insurer for its insured value. On the basis
that equality is equity, I would be prepared to sell it to you for 50 per cent
of its insured value."
Mr Bevan said yesterday he was disappointed police were not able to find him
from the security code as the Rev. McAuliffe did.
The dispute over the bracelet seemed to be in a stalemate last night, with the
Rev. McAuliffe standing by his offer to the Bevans.
"I have been given a gift fallen from the sky," he said.
"What do I do with my gift? That's up to me to decide. I'm just offering to
share the windfall."
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Hail Satan
