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FIVE men who Stole copper wiring worth thousands of poundsfromacrosstheRibble Valley have been jailed for a to- ; tal of 22yearstwo months.
•vAlexandru Beligan (38), of " Perrott Street, Birmingham,
. • Gabriel Predusca (23), of York ' Road, Birmingham, Marius;
."i Avram (47), of York Road, Birr;; ; mingham, Mah'ai Antonala i " (27), of Stoneleigh Road; Bir-‘
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'• mingham and Alexandra Tu- K dor (20); of Clarence Road,;: ?. Birmingham; all appeared , ;at Preston Crown Court on :
;' Monday after pleading guilty ; to conspiracy to steal. - The five men received sen:'
1^, tences ofvarying lengths lasting; ' from threeyears fourmonths to isixyears'imprisonment, s s ; •, Belgian was sentenced to:
: six years, Predusca was jailed for three years four months.
' Avram was sentenced to four ' years two'months, Antonola •
was sentenced to four years, six months'and Tudor was given fouryears two months.':,. ■ TheywerearrestedinJuly
by officers from the Central . Motorway Policing Group in
• Staffordshire as they drove south on the M6 in a van a n d j a car. The van was found to - contain more than a tonne of ,
" copper wiring, worth around , • £20,000, which police'discov- ■ eredhadbeenstolenfrbmthe, Kibble Valley. The van was then hnkedk^ to a number of incidents in! Vi-
; Billington, Dinckley, Hurst p '■ Green and Downham after it -:?; was captured on CCTV. DS Kathryn Cussans, from.
■ Blackburn Police, said: “These ; thefts left hundreds of h om e s " Avi thoutpbwerand were high- ly dangerous.
' . “By cutting into copper •
! wiring, thieves are hot only putting themselves at risk : but they are risking the lives
•' of the residents whose homes ■ are connected to the power ' supply.
major disruption to our cus tomers. Thanks to the suc-
; cessful partnership between Electricity North West staff
;; and the Lancashire Constab- . ulary these men were caught ■ and brought to justice. " ; „ f .“Although the men have
■ been successfully sentenced : we still have a long struggle-
The copper wiring which wasfound in the van. (s)
' not be tolerated. We will con- ■ tlnue to do all we can to target those who travel into Lanca-' shire with the intention of committing crime and bring them to justice. “Purge members o f the ■
North West who operate the, local network.”
■ii ahead as we receive reports of ■'•". metal theft every day across :;ithe region; This causes thou-: sands of pounds worth o f damage and affects l iv e l i - ;
Vi “I hope today’s sentence V^'should not go near it but con-’: sends out a strong message ' : tact police and Electricity that this type of behaviour will:
•jii'oiLeeMaxvvell,'Lancashire j -area manager at Electricity Northwest, added:.“Today.",
; marks asignificant milestone'; in our plight against metal theft vvhich is still badly hit- .
public to report anythingunu-ting our region." sualorsuspiciousoriftheyno-
: “’These five men had sto-.
tice their power has gone off; ' - len more than £20,000 worth : “Anyresidentswhoseewir- '• of overhead power lines from; ing on the floor in open fields the Ribble Valley and caused •
ii hoods, critical health servic- S es and also vulnerablepeople,, including the elderly.’ ;w“We urge residents i f you
"ido.hear or see anything or '•'your electricity goes off in the i middle of the night please ring ■■"US so we can investigate.” ;; •" r. = -Anyone with information'
; or concerns can contact po- : - lice on 101 or Crimestoppers'; .' anonymously on 0800 555111. ' " Alternatively people can c a l l ',
■ (Electricity North West’s free ; ■. emergency 24-hour number:: on 0800195 4141.
Top of the world! Charity man Bill Honey-
, well admitted he must " - havebeendaftwhenhe ' agreed to abseil more ■ than200feet&omthe ■;
: top of TheBig OneroUer ' , coasteratBlackpool.
: But Bill and some Ribble •■: ■ Valley pals enjoyed their : hair-raising stunt and raisedseveral thousand
::. pounds for injured mill-: •• tarypersonnel. Seepages.
Sun shone forevent
wThere was a bumper turn-', out for a charity.fam->
,fly,walk and fun run last weekend, raising funds for . a great cause.- See page 5::
FMily announcements 24 • Your letters 16 5 Village news IMS • The Valley 27 •lUiotors 63 • Spoi^ 75-78
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