Lorry theft gang jailed

27th July 2010

Thieves who stole computer gaming chairs worth over £6,200 from a lorry in Uttoxeter were today jailed for a total of over 11 years.

The offenders unloaded 89 chairs from the back of an Iveco HGV parked in a layby on the A50 Draycott Island in the early hours of Tuesday 24 November 2009. They loaded the X-Rocker chairs into a 12-ton truck which they had brought to the scene.

The driver of the Iveco, who was asleep when the offenders struck, reported the theft to police at 4.15am. Around 15 minutes later the truck containing the stolen chairs was spotted by Central Motorway Police Group (CMPG) officers on the northbound M6 at Junction 16. CMPG officers pulled the truck over and also stopped Skoda and Nissan Primera cars used by the offenders. Six men were arrested......Click to read more