Wigan burglar and vandal sent to prison

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A serial crook who stole thousands of pounds of tools and vandalised a car has been jailed for more than two years.

Craig Wilde, 30, of Victor Close, Marsh Green, was also found in possession of amphetamine on the same day he caused £800 of damage to the vehicle and took the tools from Tim Boffey: December 11.

Wilde also admitted to stealing £16,000 worth of work tools and a laptop after breaking into the garage of an address in Brentwood, Pemberton, on September 4 and to breaking into a garden shed on Fleming Court, Shevington, to steal a £700 pedal bike on October 6.

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For all the offences he was given a custodial sentence totalling two years and three months by a Bolton Crown Court judge.

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