Man jailed in connection with over 50 burglary and theft offences

They took place in Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex and London

Aaron Crinnion has been jailed
Author: Sharon PlummerPublished 11th Feb 2021

A 29-year-old man has been jailed for almost two-and-a-half years, after admitting his involvement in connection with over 50 burglary and theft offences across Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex and London.

Aaron Crinnion, of no fixed abode, appeared at Norwich Crown Court on Tuesday 2 February, where he was sentenced to 876 days' imprisonment (two years and almost five months).

Crinnion had previously pleaded guilty to a burglary which occurred on Friday 2 October 2020 at a house in Love Road, Lowestoft, where he forced entry via the front door and stole items including cash and a television.

He also admitted three counts of burglary at business premises in Spitalfields, Norwich, which occurred overnight between 5 and 6 October last year, for which he was given a sentence of nine months' imprisonment to run concurrently.

In addition to this, he also pleaded guilty to two incidents of theft and was given a further concurrent sentence of six months' imprisonment.

Whilst on remand in prison for the Lowestoft burglary, Crinnion was visited by Suffolk Police's Operation Converter Team, who put over 40 further offences to him, comprising 10 in Suffolk, 11 in Essex and 25 in London.

Crinnion admitted to these 46 additional offences and agreed to have them taken into consideration (TIC) by the court.

Nine of the Suffolk offences which were TIC'd occurred in Lowestoft between June and September last year, eight of which were burglaries at business or community premises and included a church, yacht club, football club, restaurant and wine bar.

The tenth Suffolk offence occurred at a business premises in Stowupland Road, Stowmarket in October last year.

Of the 11 Essex offences, seven were in Clacton-on-Sea, comprising burglaries at six businesses and one attempted dwelling burglary. The other four offences were either thefts or burglaries, with one offence each in Frinton-on-Sea, Jaywick, Weeley and Witham.

All 11 offences took place between October and November last year, with the exception of the attempted dwelling burglary in Clacton (December 2017) and the theft of a van in Jaywick (August 2018).

DC Barry Simpson, of the Operation Converter Team, said:

"Following excellent work by DC Mark Ryczanowski at Lowestoft CID in securing the initial burglary charge and remand, the door was then opened to us to visit Crinnion in prison and put all the other offences to him.

"Through liaison with our colleagues in Norfolk, Essex and the Metropolitan Police, we were able to link and compile this significant number of offences together, which demonstrates a borderless approach to dealing with prolific criminality.

"As part of our enquiries in the Op Converter team, we explore where items of property that were stolen may have gone and efforts to recover these for the victims are always made. Unfortunately, no property was recovered on this occasion.

"The TIC process not only allows us to detect numerous other crimes - that otherwise might remain unsolved - and therefore bring some closure for the victims, it also works to improve the chances for the offender to rehabilitate and be able to leave prison with a clean slate.

"Aaron Crinnion has shown remorse for his crimes and I hope he uses his time in prison to reflect upon them and mend his ways when he is released."

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