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Watch This £1M keyless car theft gang jailed after bragging about crimes on social media By Lucinda Herbert Reporter Comment Published 25th Mar 2025, 05:30 GMT Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now This video More videos Watch how a brazen car theft gang posted videos of their crimes on social media, and even filmed themselves driving the stolen cars - which helped put them in jail. Keep up with the latest new videos with the Shots! Newsletter.
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This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Notice and Terms of Service apply. Video (click to play above) shows how brazen thieves were caught out - after sharing videos of their crimes on social media. The criminal gang, shown in the clip, even filmed themselves driving the stolen cars.
Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad In one video, shared by West Midlands Police, one defendant shows off the smashed window of a Range Rover - while another asks, "how many parts has it got?" The gang filmed and pictured themselves driving stolen cars and motorbikes. | West Midlands Police / SWNS The five thugs also shared photographs of themselves with the cars and motorbikes they stole - and advertised the kit they used to steal nearly £1 million worth of cars. Read More Thieves steal town centre cash machine after smashing into Co-op with JCB digger Caught on CCTV: Burglar breaks into pharmacy.
..then drops bag of stolen goods Bike riders cause 'carnage' driving dangerously and crash into a dog at horse trials Between 2022 and 2023, Jason O'Farrell, Deacon Cumberbatch, Tyrone Henn, Kian O'Shea, and Keegan Judge were involved in 50 thefts across Coventry in the West Midlands - targeting cars, motorbikes, and luxury SUVs.
Officers from Coventry Local Policing Area examined hours and hours of mobile phone footage - as well as hundreds of pages of messages that the group sent to each other during the course of their offending. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The kit used by the gang for keyless car thefts. | West Midlands Police / SWNS O'Farrell, Cumberbatch, Henn and O'Shea were all convicted for their parts in the thefts earlier this month - and the fifth defendant, Judge, can now be named after a court order restricting his identification was lifted.
They have now been sentenced to a combined total of more than 35 years in prison. Continue Reading Related topics: Cars Video Social media Crime Comment Comment Guidelines National World encourages reader discussion on our stories. User feedback, insights and back-and-forth exchanges add a rich layer of context to reporting.
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