10 October 2017
The man who was convicted last March of flying without a licence while pretending to be a flying instructor at North Weald Airfield has admitted stealing aircraft parts. However, despite being on a suspended sentence from the first offences, Wesley Andrew Tierney has avoided prison.
Tierney, aged 26, from Letchworth, Herts stole and hid an estimated £10,000-worth of items. He pleaded guilty to three counts of theft at Chelmsford Crown Court on 5 October. He was sentenced to a 16 month prison term, suspended for a year.
This conviction comes after Tierney received an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for 14 months, in March after admitting three counts of acting as flight crew of an aircraft without holding an appropriate licence and two counts of forgery with attempt to deceive.
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That little sh1t stole my propeller. Now, what right minded person would steal from their own LAA inspector? Tierney owns a Taylor Mono (G-WEZZ) and I doubt he will ever get a permit for it: the LAA inspector world is a small one and the word is out on dear Wez!! Still, if he never had a licence, why should he bother with a minor formality like airworthiness and safety inspections – he’ll probably just fly it anyway.