George Paton jailed for robbery and burglary after being part of Snapchat gang who stole …

A third member of a gang which stole cars and vans during a burglary spree they boasted about on social media has been jailed.George Paton and his accomplices broke into homes across Folkestone, Hythe, Dymchurch, Lydd and Camber in September 2020 and stole car keys, bank cards and nine vehicles worth £68,000.George Paton, from Bromley, was one of three men who stole cars and vans during night-time burglaries before boasting of their exploits on social media. Picture: Kent PoliceThe 21-year-old, from Bromley, admitted conspiracy to burgle and conspiracy to steal and was yesterday sentenced at Canterbury Crown Court to four years and three months in prison.His sentence will be served concurrently to a nine-year sentence imposed on him for a robbery in which he threatened a taxi driver with a samurai sword.Fellow conspirators Jayden Jones-McGilvray and.Harrison Walker were sentenced to three years and 10 months and four years and two months respectively.The burglaries generally took place overnight and would see the offenders enter a home, steal keys, and drive away with the victim’s vehicles.Stolen registration plates would often be used to try and disguise the criminality.Footage posted online by the burglary gang DC Kirsty Gee, from Kent Police’s Chief Constable’s…
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