Patrick Symes struck at houses in Southport, Burscough and Ormskirk
A dad with a £200-a-day cocaine habit has been hit with a 10-year prison sentence for a burglary spree that included nicking medals from an army veteran.
The ECHO reported in 2020 how he stole medals an army veteran in Litherland had earned during tours of duty in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Iraq and Afghanistan while serving 24 years with the 3rd Battalion Rifles. Anthony O'Donohoe, prosecuting, outlined how he would gain entry to premises by smashing rear patio and kitchen windows and doors using garden tools such as spades and shears.
The dad was ultimately linked to the break-ins through CCTV footage, glove marks, footprints and his clothing. He was arrested when a Volkswagen Touareg was stopped by police, who discovered jewellery taken during one of the burglaries in the front passenger footwell. Paul Blasbery, prosecuting, described how he was subsequently circulated as being wanted. Then, on April 5, his sister contacted the police and stated that her brother had visited her home and was intending to hand himself in "but had injured his legs as a result of squatting for a couple of hours while hiding from police officers who were looking for him".
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