House burglars sped off in stolen BMW at 100mph
A stolen BMW reached speeds of more than 100 mph as it was chased by police.
The car was abandoned in Llangollen after the chase towards Ruthin on the A525.
Two men who were in the car were jailed at Mold Crown Court for the burglary of a home in Denbigh.
Paul Greenough, 30, of Riverbank in Bagillt and Jack Lavelle, 25, of Victoria Road in Prestatyn, were each jailed for two years after they admitted the burglary and being carried in a stolen car taken in aggravated circumstances.
Leon Lavelle, 29, of Brearley Avenue in Wolverhampton, admitted dangerous driving on the Denbigh Road, The Nant y Garth pass and the Horseshoe pass.
The defendant Leon Lavelle denied the burglary and that was allowed to remain on the file.
He was jailed for 18 months and was banned from driving for 35 months after he admitted aggravated vehicle taking and dangerous driving.
Prosecutor David Mainstone told how victim Gareth O’Loughlin returned home to his bungalow at Dalar Wen in Denbigh on the morning of November 2 to find three men coming from his home.
He asked what they were doing, and they said that they were “after someone” .
But then, “as calm as you like” they got into his £40,000 BMW and drove off in it.
The owner alerted police and found that the house had been burgled, the keys had been taken together with other items.
Within four minutes a police officer parked at The Drovers’ public house at Rhewl saw the stolen car speed past.
The car was abandoned in Llangollen and Greenough and Jack Lavelle also disposed of their clothes. The trio then went into a pub where two were arrested.
The third tried to escape on a bus but officers stopped it and arrested him as well.
Judge Rowlands said all burglary was serious and the incident had a particularly profound effect on the victim and his partner.
“It is truly dreadful that in this day and age that people are made to feel unsafe in their own homes because of their likes of you,” he said
