Heath's Uncle -- Alleged Bobcat Burgler

Posted Jul 18th 2008 8:51AM by TMZ Staff

The uncle of the late Heath Ledger was popped Wednesday for stealing tractors -- and a tomahawk -- in Heath's hometown of Perth, Australia.

Haydn Ledger -- brother of Heath's dad Kim -- was charged with receiving stolen goods when three bobcat tractors worth over $100K were found at his office. They'd been stolen from a building site and a contractor's yard.

Earlier this year, Uncle Haydn accused Heath's dad of mismanaging his late son's trust fund, a claim which Kim Ledger denied. Heath's "The Dark Knight" premieres today.

Filed under: Breaking News, Heath Ledger


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1. no comment

Posted at 10:17AM on Jul 18th 2008 by DB2008

2. Premiered at midnight....and is awesome. I'm working today after watching last night til 3 am, but it's worth it. :)

Posted at 10:59AM on Jul 18th 2008 by Kayla

3. bobcat tractors? Tractors that look like tractors? Or Bobcat tractors, as in a name brand?

Posted at 11:13AM on Jul 18th 2008 by theycallme

4. Burgler?

Posted at 11:19AM on Jul 18th 2008 by FIGHT

5. I'm still trying to understand why family members "think" that they have a so-called right to anyone's estate just because they are family. The only person who has the right to any of his estate and fortune would and should be his daughter. Its just sad that once again, it proves that people only care about one thing - MONEY.

Posted at 1:03PM on Jul 18th 2008 by Whatever