Mastermind behind gang that stole £100,000 value of bikes is jailed
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The criminal behind an organised gang of motorcycle thieves that stole round £100,000 value of bicycles throughout the lockdown earlier than lastly being caught by police has been jailed greater than two years.
Louey Baldwin, 29, masterminded a lawless spree which noticed probably a whole lot of bikes stolen.
In August 2020 alone, the felony gang stole round 68 bikes utilizing angle grinders – and the variety of bike thefts within the City of London plummeted by an astonishing 90 per cent as soon as they have been caught.
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Baldwin pleaded responsible to dealing with the stolen bikes and was sentenced to 2 years and 9 months.
One of his accomplices – Suleyman Akram, 30, was additionally jailed. Two members of the gang, Gavin McKie, 29, and Ryan Boxcer, 32, have been handed suspended sentences.
Louey Baldwin, 29 from Orpington, and the remainder of his felony gang went on a felony spree stealing greater than £100,000 value of bikes over a two-year interval. Baldwin pleaded responsible to dealing with the stolen bikes and was sentenced to 2 years and 9 months in jail at Inner London Crown Court
Suleyman Akram, 30 from Southwark, was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months. 21 bikes have been recovered from Akram’s house tackle
Stolen bikes taken by the felony gang. Over a two-year interval the gang stole over £100,000 value of bikes
Seven different members of the gang have already been handed jail sentences or suspended sentences.
Police caught the gang after a motorcycle was stolen in November 2020, and tracked down to a warehouse in East London.
From the warehouse, City of London Police recovered 57 bikes. Further investigations of CCTV footage confirmed the bike thieves coming into the warehouse every day and a number of the defendants have been seen on safety footage dismantling the bikes.
Baldwin was seen on the footage handing over angle grinders, a typical instrument used to steal bikes, to the thieves.
Video seize of Akram placing a motorcycle within the boot of his automotive. City of London Police discovered CCTV footage exhibiting the bike thieves coming into the warehouse every day and a number of the defendants have been seen on safety footage dismantling the bikes
An additional 21 bikes have been recovered from Akram’s house tackle and police have to this point returned greater than 20 of the bikes to their homeowners.
Detective Constable Matt Cooper, within the Serious Organised Crime Team at City of London Police, stated: ‘The City of London Police has been working tirelessly to catch and produce bike thieves and their handlers to justice, using know-how and revolutionary methods to restrict their alternatives to commit extra felony actions.
‘Today’s sentencing reveals our dedication and work to realize this consequence.
‘This group stole 1000’s of kilos value of bikes, and since their arrests we now have had a major discount in offences reported on account of the disruption to the dealing with mechanism in place for thieves concentrating on the City offences.’
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