The luxury car crime gang who targeted affluent homes across Greater Manchester and Lancashire

A gang of car thieves behind a 'well-oiled' conspiracy to steal high value motors has been jailed.

They stole top-end cars across Greater Manchester and Lancashire, either stripping them down for parts or using them to commit a string of terrifying burglaries.

They stole cars, jewellery and handbags worth almost £1m, targeting Lancashire villages and affluent parts of Bolton and Stockport. Now the gang's members have been brought to justice following an investigation by Lancashire Police.

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Zach Sanderson, 23, of Alliance Street, Accrington, has been jailed for four years and three months.

John Fennell, 28, of no fixed address, was handed a prison sentence of five years and ten months.

Anthony Clegg, 34, of Edgeside, Great Harwood, Lancashire was jailed for 16 moths, although this was suspended for 18 months.

Mikey Baker, 19, of Wordsworth Road, Swinton, was jailed for two years and ten month.

All four were sentenced at Preston Crown Court on Friday after each was convicted of conspiring to commit burglary and conspiracy to steal motor vehicles.

They were branded 'Scooby-Doo crooks' in a video of the investigation published by Lancashire Police.

Their crime spree started on September 10, 2021, when a Land Rover was stolen from Bury Market while the victim was taking her disabled parents out shopping. That vehicle was later captured being driven by the partner Zach Sanderson on false plates. He was arrested.

On January 15, 2022, a Mercedes was stolen during a burglary in Kirkhill Avenue, Haslingden. The Mercedes later crashed into another vehicle. Enquiries found that John Fennell was in the area at the time.

Two days later, a