TWO men have been jailed and another given a detention and training order for committing a spate of separate burglaries in Warrington.

Steven Wilson, of Lincoln Close in Woolston, was jailed three years and six months on Monday after pleading guilty to a burglary on Hepherd Street.

And he was joined in prison by Cailen Smith, of Wendover Road in Manchester, who will serve two years and two months behind bars after pleading guilty to burglary and attempted burglary.

A 15-year-old boy from Manchester was also given a 20-month detention and training order on May 29 after pleading guilty to burglary and attempted burglary.

On December 13, 37-year-old Wilson woke the occupants of the house in Sankey Bridges by banging on the front door and throwing things at the window.

Warrington Guardian:

Steven Wilson

He then forced his way into their home through the front door and could be heard by the couple inside searching cupboards and struggling to open their kitchen door.

One of the occupants could hear their dog crying and yelping downstairs and went to check on it.

They then saw Wilson running out of the house into the back garden with items of clothing he had stolen from them.

Wilson was spotted by an officer jumping over a fence and, with assistance from the police helicopter, he was caught by a police dog attempting to hide behind a nearby shed.

Meanwhile, 19-year old Smith broke into a house on Clydesdale Road in Appleton on May 6 while the occupants were sleeping.

He stole car keys and a wallet before driving off in their car, and then used the victim’s bank card to buy food and drinks at McDonalds and Costa Coffee.

In another incident, Smith woke the occupier of a house on Broughton Close in Grappenhall Heys in the early hours of May 7.

Warrington Guardian:

Cailen Smith

While attempting to break into to her home, he set the house alarm off.

DC Michael McDermott, from Warrington Local Policing Unit, said: “Having an intruder come into your home when you are sleeping can be very frightening and nobody should ever be made to feel that way in their own home.

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“I want those who have been a victim of a burglary to feel reassured that we work very hard, doing everything we can, to find those responsible.

“It is following a thorough investigation that these men are now in prison and justice has been served to the victims.”