Overview
- Five men pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary and to possess criminal property, while Jade Tubb admitted conspiracy to possess criminal property after hearings on November 28 and January 6–7 at Chester Crown Court.
- Sentencing is scheduled for February 20, with five defendants remanded in custody and Tubb released on bail.
- Detectives say the gang used ladders to reach first-floor entries, ransacked properties for jewellery, designer handbags, watches and cash, and even set weekly targets for gold.
- Coordinated warrants on July 2 in Walsall, Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham led to multiple arrests, with further arrests in Surrey and Sheffield and evidence including phones, Google Maps links and letters calling the pair ‘Bonnie and Clyde’.
- Officers linked at least 44 burglaries across Cheshire, Derbyshire, West Mercia, Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire and Cleveland, recovering 13 handbags and 14 watches worth nearly £17,000 while most stolen goods were sold on.