Members of car key burglary gang jailed

Two members of a car key burglary gang have been jailed for more than two years

Two members of a car key burglary gang have been jailed after a crime spree that involved stealing vehicles across the West Midlands.

Eid Ajam, 20, of Blenheim Road, Solihull, was jailed for two years and 11 months for conspiracy to steal motor vehicles, and two years and eight months - to run concurrently - for conspiracy to commit burglaries.

For the same offences, Sufian Younis, 21 of Sandy Hill Road, Solihull, was sentenced respectively to two years and seven months and two years and four months, with the latter again to run concurrently.

The men were sentenced at Worcester Crown Court on 14 November.

Their offences took place between November and December 2023.

They were part of a gang of four responsible for 11 offences – six in Redditch and Bromsgrove, four in the Solihull area, and one in Leamington Spa.

A 16-year-old from Birmingham, who cannot be named for legal reasons, and Alfie Flynn, 18, of Grimshaw Close, Birmingham, were both sentenced for the same offences as Ajam and Younis on 17 October.

The 16-year-old was placed under a curfew for two months and ordered to complete a rehabilitation requirement and told not to contact the others for a period of 12 months.

Flynn was sentenced to one year and three months in prison, suspended for two years, for conspiracy to commit burglaries, and one year and ten months concurrently for conspiracy to steal motor vehicles - also suspended for two years.

They were arrested from a vehicle that was linked to the offences.

Det Const Jodi Lothian, of north Worcestershire CID, said: "We are pleased to get these custodial sentences and guilty verdicts for this car key burglary gang who targeted the north Worcestershire area in 2023, concluding our investigation.

"West Mercia Police take vehicle crime seriously and will continue to hunt down and prosecute those stealing vehicles from our force area."