The motorcycle thief who taunted Wandsworth Police while on the run has been sentenced to eight weeks in a young offender institute. 

Nathan Bick, 18, mocked officers on Facebook on December 1 under a Facebook post appealing for information about his whereabouts.  

See: 'Keep up if you can': Wanted man Nathan Bick taunts Wandsworth police on Facebook

It began when Bick responded to a commenter who said she would be in touch if she saw him. 

He responded: "Hopefully I see you too love."

Wandsworth police commented that Nathan should hand himself in to which Bick taunted: "Just Keep Up If You Can."

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Pleaded guilty to taking a motorcycle without consent, driving without a driving licence, driving dangerously and theft of a number plate. 

On top of his sentence to a young offenders institution, Bick was fined £115 and disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for two years and one month. 

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