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TWO burglars who stole a Mercedes after “trashing” a family home have been jailed.
Josh Lakin (23), of Musgrave Park Court in Belfast, was given a three-year sentence, with 18 months to be spent in prison and the remainder on licence.
Aaron Kingston Trotman (24), from Plantation Road in Lisburn, was given 16 months in jail and 16 on licence.
The defendants, who appeared via videolink from prison for the hearing, both pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicle taking, criminal damage and burglary.
Lakin further admitted to failing to report and remain at the scene of an accident and having no insurance.
Trotman also pleaded guilty to assaulting a police sergeant.
The funeral of murder victim Daniel Danny McClean will be held on Friday in Belfast.
Mr McClean (54) was shot multiple times as he sat in a parked car on the Cliftonville Road in north Belfast last week.
Originally from Andersonstown in west Belfast, he was due to go on trial later this year on four terror-related charges. The charges against him were formally quashed at Belfast Crown Court on Wednesday.
The father-of-two, who was killed by a lone gunman, was identified as a dissident republican in court in 2019.
His murder has been linked to a fall-out among dissident republicans.
A 32-year-old man was arrested in connection with the killing on Wednesday, while two men aged 46 and 38, arrested in north Belfast on February 2, were released unconditionally on Monday.