Man jailed after a "Plague of bike thefts"
Burak Iscioglu, 39, plead guilty to 15 offences
A "persistent and professional" bike thief who travelled to Cambridge multiple times to commit crimes including bike theft, parcel theft and repeatedly breaching a community behaviour order. Crimes that have seen him jailed for four and a half years in prison and prevented from entering Cambridge for 10 years.
Burak Iscioglu, 39, plead guilty to 15 offences and "persistent and professional", with Judge Philip Grey, during sentencing at Cambridge Crown Court, said Iscioglu "fed as a parasite on those who live and work in the city".
Judge Grey highlighted the "emotional distress" of one particular victim who had saved up "for some months" to buy a £1,499 e-bike to improve her mobility.
He has been banned from possessing a bike or bike parts and wire cutters, as well as from entering bike storage areas and railway stations unless catching the next available train.
Judge Grey said that stealing bikes was the "equivalent to stealing the car of someone in an isolated rural location" and described his actions as a "plague of bike thefts".