Baby-face trainee electrician stole high-powered Audis and BMWs then advertised them on Snapchat

A teenager has been jailed after stealing a number of high value cars to order before advertising them on Snapchat.

Lewis Muir, 18, was part of a group who would break into houses across Greater Manchester by drilling through and snapping the lock to the rear doors.

They would then take the keys of ‘desirable, high powered and high value’ cars, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.

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Muir, of Crumpsall, went on to advertise the stolen cars for sale on Snapchat.

He was eventually caught whilst driving a stolen BMW and led police on a 100-miles-per-hour chase, before he jumped out of the car and hid in a neighbouring garden.

The 18-year-old was picked up on a police helicopter camera and arrested.

He has since pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit burglary; conspiracy to steal; burglary; theft; dangerous driving; driving whilst disqualified; no insurance and fraudulent use of registration plates.

On Friday (February 11) he was sentenced to four years detention in a young offenders institution.

Prosecutor David James previously said that Muir was part of a group who were stealing ‘desirable’ ‘high powered’ and ‘high value’ cars to order.

The group wore balaclavas, broke into the victims' homes at night whilst they were asleep, and stole the keys for the cars, he said.

The first burglary took place on July 24 of last year, when CCTV captured three individuals breaking into a house in Ashton-under-Lyne, and a BMW worth £40,000 was stolen.

On August 14 an Audi worth £28,000 was stolen from Chadderton, as was a Ford transit van, work tools and a BMW Sport worth £40,000 were stolen from an