Thief jailed for more than two years after 16 year gap between burglaries
Bolton Crown Court A THIEF has been jailed for almost two and a half years after last committing a house burglary 16 years ago. Due to stealing a bicycle from a hallway last year Barry Brown fell foul of the so-called "three strikes" law which makes it mandatory for thieves who have committed three domestic burglaries to be jailed for a minimum of three years, less a reduction for an early guilty plea. Bolton Crown Court heard how, after committing two burglaries in 2004, 47-year-old Brown began to reform until a return to drugs two years ago. And Hayley Bennett, prosecuting, told how, ...