Migrant thieves jailed for raid spree

A GANG of migrants who carried out a string of raids across England and Wales during a three-month crime spree have been jailed.

Julio GaldamezRodriguez, 20, Luis Rojas, 35, and Francisco Montecinos, 32, between them carried out 14 burglaries in London, Sussex, Oxfordshire, Cardiff, Monmouthshire and Gwent.

Cardiff Crown Court heard they stole items worth £60,000 during their spree and also took many sentimental and valuable pieces of jewellery.

They had all arrived in the UK from Chile just weeks before carrying out the raids.

Fleeing

The first burglary was committed on April 7 this year in London and the gang was finally apprehended after fleeing the scene of their last break-in on June 27 – having committed four that day alone.

At a previous hearing Galdamez-Rodriguez pleaded guilty to 10 burglaries, Rojas pleaded guilty to five, and Montecinos to six.

Jailing them, Judge Tom Crowther, QC said: “The provisions of the UK Border Act means you will be deported at the completion of your sentence but given the shortness of time you have been in the UK and this blitz of serious offending your removal is clearly in the public good.”

Galdamez-Rodriguez was detained for nine years while Rojas and Montecinos were each jailed for six years.