Mum steps in to get son’s £600 stolen bike back

A bike thief was tracked down after the victim's mum made an appeal on a community Facebook page.

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James Snowdon had stolen the pedal cycle, which belonged to a 12-year-old boy, from outside McDonald’s, in Ashington.

A court heard the 19-year-old sold the £600 bike to a woman for £50 but hadn't thought the victim's mother would post an appeal for information as to its whereabouts on Facebook page “Ashington’s Getting Warse’.