Two High Wycombe men
have been sentenced a total of 40 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to
a number of thefts and burglaries in Wycombe.
Paul Horwood, age 33,
from Oldhouse Close, and Jervaise Shurety, aged 44, from Inkerman Hill, each
pleaded guilty at Oxford Crown Court on February 25 to one count of handling
stolen goods; one count of burglary non-dwelling; and five counts of theft. Horwood was sentenced to
18 months imprisonment, and Shurety was sentenced to 22 months.
The charge of handling
stolen goods relates to a mini digger stolen in Studley Green on 15 August
2013. The burglary non-dwellings relate to an offence on 25 July 2013 in EJ
Churchill Shooting ground.
The five thefts relate
to incidents below:
- Theft of a mini digger in Addington on 10 January 2013;
- Theft of a dumper truck in Winslow on 15 January 2013;
- Theft of a dumper truck in from a farm in West Wycombe on 6 February 2013;
- Theft of mini digger in High Wycombe on 20 May 2013;
- Theft of two dumper trucks from Marsh County on 1 August and 12 August 2013.
The presiding Judge
thanked the officer in the case, Det Con Alex Kratky from Local CID at High
Wycombe police station, for his thoroughness and persistency.
Det Insp Robin Hughes,
from Local CID at High Wycombe police station, said: “The two defendants
conspired together to target properties in isolated rural areas which resulted
in a lengthy investigation to catch them.
“Bringing Horwood and
Shurety to justice will have a major impact on reducing rural plant theft
across Buckinghamshire."
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