Gang to be sentenced for £220,000 thefts
A GANG is due to be sentenced after stealing property worth more than £220,000 in a number of high-value burglaries.
During a 10-week period the men, who are all from Hampshire, planned and committed the crimes across the county between October and Decem ber last year.
Police say they began the thefts in Hampshire before moving to Dorset, Wiltshire and Sussex.
All have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal and will be sentenced at Southampton Crown court on Thursday, March 17.
The men are:
- Fardeen Hamidy, 22, from Peartree Avenue, Southampton
- Jamie William Bellows, 26, from Chafen Road, Southampton
- James John Moncrieff Poole, 22, from Romsey Road, Winchester
- Matthew Lang, 27, of George Raymond Road, Eastleigh
- David Anthony Brown, 29, from Romsey Road, Winchester
- Jamil Farooq, 24, of no fixed address Jamie Jeneway, 23, from Priory Road, Southampton
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