08/01/2010

Man Jailed For Trafford Burglary

A man has been jailed after breaking into a house in Northern Moor, Manchester.

Samuel Gildea, 21, of Wendon Road, Baguley, pleaded guilty to burglary at an earlier hearing at Minshull Street Crown Court.

Gildea was sentenced to three years, reduced to two-and-a-half years for an early guilty plea, for burglary on Thursday 7 January 2010.

The sentence relates to a burglary on 4 June 2009 where Gildea broke into a house on Kerscott Road.

He smashed the patio window and stole the television.

A minimum sentence of three years is applied to burglary offenders on or after their third separate conviction.

Gildea has previously been convicted for committing offences in Manchester and Trafford.

Sergeant Phil Seeley said: "As a Force we are determined to bring offenders to justice who feel the need to break into people's homes, taking whatever they can find.

"Burglars violate the place where people should feel the most secure and I hope the local community feel a lot safer now he is behind bars."

(PR/BMcC)

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