Stolen credit card used to buy car battery charger and sex toy with more settings than a washing machine

An alleged thief used an English backpacker's stolen credit card to buy “a big pink vibrator with more settings than a washing machine” and a car battery charger before the card was cancelled. The credit card was allegedly stolen from the wallet of labourer Jack Critch, who ­noticed the card, and $10 cash, missing from his wallet, which he had left in his bag in the lunchroom of a building site at Parap in Australia's Northern Territory.

Mr Critch’s online banking service showed two transactions at nearby stores that morning, one for $169.95 at Sexyland and another for $119 at car accessories store Repco. “That definitely wasn’t me – I hadn’t spent any money that day,” Mr Critch’s said. “Pink’s not my colour. The first place on (the alleged thief’s) list was the dildo shop. He bought a vibrator, mate. Just a big pink vibrator.”



His boss drove him to the stores to investigate as Mr Critch, 26, cancelled his card with the bank’s fraud ­department. The helpful Sexyland staff showed him the exact model. Mr Critch was unfamiliar with brands when asked. “It didn’t have ears so it wasn’t a rabbit. It’s got more settings than my washing machine,” he said. “I had a good look around Sexyland and it’s got a good variety.”

A closer inspection of a photo showed it to be a Nalone Electro, which is where “silicone and metal combine to send waves of powerful vibration and electric pulses to intimate spots and tired muscles for a whole new level of stimulation. With Electro Magnetic Pulse technology, this wand vibrator leads the way in innovative pleasure”, according to the website. Mr Critch was perplexed by the man’s other purchase – a car battery charger. “Whether you can link them I don’t know,” he said.