Sports Direct raider caught after tattoo gave himself away

DISTINCTIVE INK SEEN ON CCTV LED TO HIS IDENTIFICATION

- By MARK NAYLOR [e-mail] @GTMarkNaylor

A YOUNG tearaway was part of a brazen group who "rammed" and smashed their way into a Beverley sportswear shop in the early hours of the morning.

However, he was later caught after police recognised him from a distinctive tattoo seen on telltale CCTV pictures.

The raiders escaped with a huge haul of clothes, including Calvin Klein, valued at more than £8,600 and they used a large white sheet to put the stolen items into before fleeing from the scene on motorcycles, Hull Crown Court heard.

Bobby Hoyle, 20, of Goldcrest Close, off Kestrel Avenue, Bransholme, admitted an offence of burglary on June 9.

Katy Welford, prosecuting, said that, at about 4am, security staff alerted police to an ongoing burglary at the Sports Direct shop, in Flemingate, involving three people on two motorcycles. The door of the shop was "rammed", causing it to break.

All three intruders repeatedly went in and out of the store and used a sheet to fill up with stolen clothes. They were valued at £8,698.