Nine year sentence for man involved in car thefts
He pleaded guilty to multiple offences including theft of motor vehicle and robbery
A man has been jailed for 9 years after an investigation into car thefts in Surrey.
22 year old Billy Raddon from Sutton in South London was linked to six crimes.
He pleaded guilty to multiple offences including theft of motor vehicle and robbery.
An investigation was launched on the 3rd of January when a Range Rover, that had been stolen from Sutton, was stopped by the Surrey Roads Policing unit.
The driver was arrested and it was established that they were being paid to transport the stolen vehicle.
Police attended an address in Morden and arrested Raddon. A search found a safe with over £3,000 in cash, keys and white powder, which test results later showed to be Cocaine. An electronic device (believed to be used in Relay Thefts) was also located.
Further investigation of Raddons phone linked him to a knife point robbery that occurred in Caterham in December 2022.
During this robbery, a Mercedes was stolen and videos on Raddons phone showed him inside the Mercedes as it was being driven towards Sutton, where the vehicle was eventually recovered.
Detective Constable McBain, from Surrey’s Proactive Investigation Team said: “Thanks to the hard work by everyone involved, we have been able to piece together his crimes spanning over a few months. Vehicle theft can have a huge financial impact on the victim and Raddon had not regard to how their crimes might affect the lives of their victims.