Manager says the pair should be upset

A shopping center has confirmed that it has arrested an elderly couple who locked their Tesla and BMW in the center’s parking lot and banned them for life.

Raymond Edwards and his wife Barbara, both 70, were arrested and fined after they were caught on camera using their car keys at Brookside Shopping Center. in brisbaneinner north, Last October.

And now manager Greg Plawecki. Shopping Centre It was revealed that the punishment for the couple did not end there.

“The Edwardses were banned from Brookside Shopping Center after vandalizing other customers’ cars in the car park,” Plawecki told Daily Mail Australia.

But the couple can hold out hope that one day they might be allowed to shop there.

“This ban can be reviewed within 12 months upon application by Mr. and Mrs. Edwards,” Plawecki said.

“The review is at the Center’s discretion and is based on good behavior demonstrated since the incident.”

Little did the Ferny Hills couple know that their petty act of parking lot revenge would be caught on Tesla’s Sentry Mode camera, leading them to be tracked down and brought to justice.

On Wednesday, Mr Edwards, 70, told Daily Mail Australia that his and Barbara’s actions that day were “completely out of line”.

Mr Edwards, standing outside his home, said he and Barbara had lost their temper after being “cut” by a white Tesla and a white BMW about half a mile from their shop and nearly pushed into a power pole. .

Mr Edwards admitted he had made the wrong decision to key the car before launching into a scathing attack on the driver’s actions.

He also declared that he would never own an electric car and that if he saw a Tesla burning on the side of the road he would “stand there and clap.”

“We regret our actions, but the problem is that civility was thrown out the window and stupidity was thrown in,” Edwards said.

Edwards has since invested in a dashboard camera to collect evidence he can provide to authorities the next time he and Barbara run off the road.

“I see people driving irresponsibly all the time, and the police driving by don’t do anything about it.”

Mr Edwards added that he had never been convicted of a crime before and said he could count on one hand the number of traffic offenses he had been convicted of in more than 50 years of driving.

“People who teach these people to drive need to take a hard look at themselves,” he says.

Last week, a couple were found guilty after being caught on camera keying a luxury car.

Mr. Edwards was ordered to pay $2,443.61 in restitution for damages caused to the Tesla and BMW, and Mrs. Edwards was ordered to pay the remaining $897.25 to repair the Tesla.

The couple was shielded by family and friends with umbrellas as they left the courtroom to avoid having their photos taken.

“It cost me close to $5,000, and I’m going to pay $50 every two weeks until it pays off,” he said.

Mr Edwards claimed that he had suffered a heart attack in recent months and that his wife remained in “poor health”.

He said the couple had been subjected to online slander and public harassment in the months since the incident.

“A rock was thrown into the house, bounced off the railing, and could have gone through the window,” he said.

Mr Edwards is a performance car enthusiast and is often seen posing with race cars and attending supercar events such as the Bathurst 1000.

“Keyboard warriors have made all kinds of accusations. One said we manipulated the keys on a Ford Mustang. That’s crazy. I fully support Blue (Ford),” he said. said.

But one vehicle Edwards says he doesn’t plan on getting behind the wheel anytime soon is an electric car.

“I’ll never buy an electric car. I can’t afford it,” he said.

“I’d like to see a Tesla parked on the side of the road and set on fire.

“I went outside and stood there clapping.”