Bicycles theft is basically a "free crime", almost nobody ever gets caught. This also causes serious issues to those who depend on the bikes to get to work (or

Bicycles theft is basically a "free crime", almost nobody ever gets caught. This also causes serious issues to those who depend on the bikes to get to work (or even as their work). As such the penalties have to be absolutely draconian when they do get caught - in fact 3 years sounds lenient, we used to hang horse thieves.