Four men have been jailed following a series of burglaries involving high-powered cars worth £244k close to the M62 in Warrington.
Joshua Irving, Brandon Day, Aaron Gee and Mason Kenny appeared at Chester Crown Court on Monday 7 April.
• Irving, aged 21, of HMP Altcourse, was sentenced to four years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary, conspiracy to steal motor vehicles, burglary, attempted burglary, and theft of motor vehicles.
• Gee, aged 21, of Victoria Avenue, Manchester, was sentenced to 30 months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to steal motor vehicles.
• Kenny, aged 18, of Lodge Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, was sentenced to eight months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to steal motor vehicles.
• Day, aged 20, of Longton Road, Manchester, was sentenced to 12 months after pleading guilty to assisting an offender.
Between March 2024 and April 2024, officers in the Warrington Proactive Policing Team saw a sharp increase in the number of burglaries in the area close to the M62.
They found it predominantly involved detached houses, and the target appeared to be high-powered motor vehicles outside the addresses. The method of entry was through the rear patio doors of the properties.
As a result, Operation Reprimanded was commenced.
The 14 offences occurred between 24 March and 20 April, including 13 in Warrington and 1 in Middlewich. Eight vehicles were stolen during the incidents.
Following enquiries, on Thursday 26 September, a team of officers from Cheshire Police and Greater Manchester Police executed warrants at three addresses in Manchester and Ashton-under-Lyne.
Gee, Kenny and Day were arrested during the raids, while Irving was produced from prison.
Following questioning all four men were charged in relation to the offences.
Irving’s sentence also includes charges of burglary, attempted burglary, and theft of motor vehicles which are separate to the conspiracy offences. These relate to separate burglary offences committed between 9 June 2022 and 5 July 2022. Irving targeted eight properties in Warrington and stole five motor vehicles.
Following the sentencing for Op Reprimanded, Detective Constable Rob Catterall said: “These men clearly targeted these properties with the intention of stealing high-powered motor vehicles from the driveways. This totalled £244,000.
“They had no regard for the impact their crimes would have upon their victims. People’s homes should be spaces where they feel safe and secure, so to have that cruelly violated, often during the early hours of the morning when they were asleep, must have been frightening.
“I hope the sentences handed to these four men will reassure the community that we take offences of this nature incredibly seriously and will work tirelessly to find those responsible and bring them to justice.”
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Of course THEY get sent to prison when it is about defrauding money from companies BUT the scroat who groomed and abused a vulnerable person gets a suspended sentence.