Three burglars followed couple in chauffeur-driven car home from Manchester Airport

Three burglars followed a couple to their home from Manchester Airport after renting a hire car. Jhony Ramirez-Loayza, Arturo Mendivil-Valvin and Arturo Flores-Marquez had travelled behind the chauffeur-driven car taking the passengers back to their home in Wrexham, north Wales.

On Thursday (January 9), Caernarfon Crown Court heard how the couple had been followed from Manchester Airport to their home on December 1 last year.

One of the burglars, Arturo Mendivil-Valvina, a Cuban national living in Guatemala, had travelled from France to the UK in a small boat and entered the country illegally, NorthWalesLive reports.

Prosecutor Michael Whitty told the court how the man and his chauffeur had unloaded the car and put a briefcase in the hall between the door and porch. The defendants then pinched the luggage from the property while the owner was unpacking.

The driver had left but the man continued to put things away. He came back downstairs to see a man in a dark coat - one of the defendants - leaving his hallway.

The man then contacted his driver, who said he hadn't taken the luggage and returned to the property, court was told. Mr Whitty said the briefcase contained 400 US dollars, £100, Thai currency, sensitive business documents and a banking fob.

Police were alerted and officers traced a hired car which had followed the victims from the airport. It had been rented by one of the defendants - Jhony Ramirez-Loayza.

The following day, on December 2, police then stopped their hire car on the M602 between Salford and Manchester, and arrested all three men inside. They were Ramirez-Loayza, 56, of Hemberton Road, London, Mendivil-Valvin, 49, of Delta Street, London and Flores-Marquez, 59, of Upper Clapton Road, Clapton,