A persistent offender has been jailed after he was spotted pushing a stolen fridge freezer down the road in a wheelbarrow. Officers patrolling in Calverton were alerted to the theft of the fridge, a washing machine, dishwasher and toilet from a nearby property.
Witnesses later reported seeing a man wheeling the fridge through the village. Michael Wilson, 47, of Labray Road, Calverton, was arrested at his home address at around 3pm on 15 August 2022.
On searching the property, police found the fridge freezer which was still in its packaging. Wilson, who has previous convictions for burglary, was also found to have a small amount of cannabis in his pocket.
