Two men plead guilty to car theft after more serious charges againts them are dropped
Carjacking charges against two local men are dropped after they admit to the lesser charge of vehicle theft
Two men have pleaded guilty to car theft after more serious allegations them were dropped.
Michael Ward, 20, of Car Bank Street, Atherton, and Tommy Ward, 22, of Crompton Lodge Caravan Park, Farnworth, had been due to stand trial for robbing a man of a silver Peugeot 308 in Wigan on January 9 this year, then on February 15, the taking of a silver BMW in Runcorn that wasn't theirs which was aggravated by terrible driving in that he drove at speed and the wrong way down a dual carriageway.
But before the trial could take place at Bolton Crown Court, both men admitted to theft which was accepted by the prosecution.
Sentencing takes place on October 6.