Burglar jailed for targeting seven Wigan homes and using stolen bank card
Wigan man who targeted seven homes and used a stolen bank card is now behind bars.
A burglar who broke into two Wigan homes and tried to get into five others has been jailed for four years and eight months.
David Simpson, 47, of Ridyard Street, Worsley, Hall, admitted targeting several addresses in the Whitley area on July 24 and 26.
He burgled a house on Elderberry Close on July 24, stealing £140 and an amplifier worth £261, before stealing money, a purse and bank cards worth a total of £80 from a property on Kenyon Road two days later.
He also pleaded guilty to attempted burglaries at two homes on Whitley Crescent, as well as properties on Milton Grove, Lessingham Avenue and Wigan Lane.
Simpson then committed fraud by false representation three times on July 26 by using a stolen bank card to make purchases of £30, £33 and £4.88.
He has now been jailed for a total of 56 months.