Burglars found with keys to number of stolen high-end cars, WW1 War medals and a disability-adapted caravan
07.07.2022 - 10:13
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Two burglars were found with keys to a number of high-end cars, WW1 medals and keys to a disability-adapted caravan - as they were being arrested for ANOTHER burglary. Shah Ahmed and Saiyeem Ali, both 21, were both caught in the act of burgling a house in Cheadle in February 2020.
Officers searched both men and found keys to a Fiat 500 in the pocket of Ali, which was parked nearby. The car was searched and within it, car keys, mobile phones and jewellery were recovered.
The items were later linked to six burglaries which had taken place across Cheadle, Gatley and Heald Green from December 21 2019 to February 2020.
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The first took place at an address on Appleby Close in Gatley, after the owner had gone away on holiday. Six days later, on December 21, he was informed that he had been burgled and keys to a Mini and a Mercedes A Class had been stolen, as well as both of the cars.
Photos of the cars were later found in Ahmed’s phone, Manchester Crown Court heard. In a statement, the owner said he and his family had been caused a massive inconvenience as they had to make alternative arrangements for their son’s spinal examination.
Days later, on December 26, the homeowner had returned home to Richmond Hill Road in Cheadle from their holiday to find it had been broken into. “A black Audi TT and a Ford Fiesta were taken, along with the keys. Also £10,000 worth of jewellery was taken, some of which had great sentimental value as it was passed down from the owner’s wife’s mother,” prosecutor Duncan Wilcock said.
On January 30 2020, a retired gentleman left his home on Oakdale Drive, Heald Green, and returned a day later to find the house