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5th January 2024 Lincolnshire
Gang jailed for stealing £1m worth of farming equipment across East Midlands
A gang of thieves who stole nearly £1 million worth of plant and agricultural equipment in a huge rural theft and burglary conspiracy have been jailed.
Colin Warriner, Dominic Alderton, Aaron Booth, Gary Self, Stefan Ward and John Watson repeatedly targeted different rural communities across the East Midlands - including much of Lincolnshire - between April 2020 and June 2022, and stole more than £910,000 worth of equipment.
During a series of thefts and commercial burglaries, the gang stole machinery, pick-up trucks, Land Rovers, vans and power tools, with the intention of breaking up the items into parts to be sold on.
