Three Middlesbrough men have been jailed for more than ten years for stealing high-value mountain bikes after they were caught when their getaway vehicle was stopped using a stinger at Sutton Bank.
David Anthony Cave, 47, of Lytton Street, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment at York Crown Court for the burglary on 24 October 2020.
Colin Andrew Redshaw, 29, of Brough Court, and Paul James Donnelly, 35, of Bolton Court, were jailed for three years and two years and eight months respectively for the same burglary, as well as for aggravated vehicle taking without the owner’s consent.
On the day of the incident, the three men travelled together from Middlesbrough to Helmsley in a black Ford Fiesta ST car which had been stolen earlier that month from the Middlesbrough area.
It was displaying false number plates in a bid to evade detection by the police.
When they got to Helmsley, the men entered the garage of the house on Orchard Way at some time between 11am and 11.30am. They made off with three mountain bikes valued at £12,000.
North Yorkshire Police officers were alerted to the incident and a tactical operation was put in place to intercept the car and arrest the occupants.
The black Fiesta was sighted by officers on the A170 at Helmsley heading towards Sutton Bank.
It was being driven erratically and sped-off from officers after it was first stopped.
A stinger device was deployed to burst its tyres and it came to a stop at the top of Sutton Bank, having left the road and coming to rest on the bank side.
Just 30 minutes after the burglary took place, the three suspects were swiftly arrested, the stolen car was secured, and the three mountain bikes were recovered from inside the vehicle.
Watch the pursuit and arrest video here:
All three men were charged and remanded into custody to appear at court where they would all eventually plead guilty.
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