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Two burglars who 'thought they had discovered the perfect crime' are now behind bars over a spate of thefts at luxury properties in the Alderley Edge and Presbury areas of Cheshire. Martin Maloney and Christopher Leigh - both from Bolton - carried out a series of burglaries at 'high-value' homes, police said.
A court heard the pair were responsible for 'at least' 21 burglaries between September 2019 and April 2021. In all cases, detached homes in the process of being renovated were targeted, Cheshire Police said.
Maloney, 49, and Leigh, 45, stole high-value tools and luxury fixtures and fittings which were being installed at the properties. The force said the total value of items stolen was believed to amount to around £120,000.
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The pair appeared at Chester Crown Court on Tuesday, where they were both sentenced to four years and three months in prison. Maloney, of Dunoon Drive, Smithills, Bolton, and Leigh, of Longfield Road, Daubhill, Bolton, both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to burgle.
Police said the pair would meet at a 'secret rendezvous point' in Bolton, leaving their mobile phones behind there and driving to Cheshire. Both men, said the force, were aware of police tactics and thought they had done enough to cover up their offending and avoid detection. They were caught, however, in an elaborate, undercover police sting.
Detective Constable James Hewitt said: "Maloney and Leigh are both experienced offenders who thought they had discovered the perfect crime. The pair would meet at a secret rendezvous point in Bolton where they would leave their mobile phones, before travelling down to Cheshire in a Chrysler
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