Two men sentenced following lengthy investigation into stolen graphics card in Addlestone
Officers found messages on the two men’s phones discussing committing the offence
Two men who used a fake banking app to steal a £2,000 graphics card advertised on Facebook have been sentenced following a lengthy investigation.
Shane McDonagh from Blackburn was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay £190 to the victim surcharge following charges of theft from the person of another, fraud and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
while Eamon Maughan from Little Billington was sentenced to a 12 month community order, including 200 hours of unpaid work, and was ordered to pay £1,050 in compensation to the victim after being charged with theft from the person of another.
Officers received a 999 call just before 7pm on 3 January 2022 reporting a fight in progress on Station Road, Addlestone. The victim was found at Tesco Extra in Addlestone with facial injuries.
He said that two men had stolen a graphics card worth £2,100 from him after they had contacted him through Facebook Marketplace where the card had been advertised for sale.
Through extensive enquiries with Facebook and trawling through CCTV and ANPR footage, officers from Surrey Police were able to piece together enough evidence to identify McDonagh and Maughan.
They discovered that both men had travelled from Northolt in London to Addlestone on the day of the offence and that they had travelled back to Northolt after they stole the card.
McDonagh was arrested by police on 31 October 2022 in Lancashire and Maughan was arrested on 13 January 2023 in Staines-upon-Thames.
on 12 February 2025, McDonagh was arrested for a similar offence in Lancashire after posing as a purchaser of a high value watch, making no payment and attempting to flee after receiving the watch.
McDonagh later pleaded guilty to these matters and changed his plea to guilty for the Surrey offences.