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| Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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Liverpool players burglar jailed
December 21, 2006
A BURGLAR who plundered the homes of six star footballers has been jailed for two and a half years.
James Birch, 20, pleaded guilty yesterday to breaking into the home of Liverpool goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek in Caldy, Merseyside, in June.
He also pleaded guilty to a second burglary, and asked a judge at Liverpool Crown Court to take into account seven more - five of them at the homes of other Premiership stars.
The victims were Liverpool’s Peter Crouch, Daniel Agger and on-loan Florent Sinama-Pongolle, and Everton’s Tony Hibbert and Andy Van der Meyde.
It was claimed that Birch, of Craigs Road, Tuebrook, Liverpool, did not deliberately target Dudek, but chose his house by coincidence.
After smashing through a patio door he stole memorabilia including Dudek’s Champions League winner’s medal and World Cup finals shirt, as well as jewellery and a Porsche car.
Realising that professional footballers meant rich pickings, and knowing when they were playing matches, Birch then began deliberately targeting their houses.
From Crouch’s Cheshire home he stole an Aston Martin car, football memorabilia and champagne worth a total of £200,000.
From Daniel Agger’s Wirral home he took two vehicles and jewellery, while Sinama-Pongolle lost jewellery and memorabilia from his Cheshire home.
Blues defender Hibbert lost jewellery and electrical goods worth £70,000 from his Merseyside home.
Birch also stole a Ferrari and Mini car from Van der Meyde’s home in Bromborough, Wirral, as well as valuables and a pedigree Dogue de Bordeaux puppy, named Mac.
The break-ins took place between June and October, when the footballers were playing in the UK or on international duty.
Birch was sentenced to two and a half years in a Young Offenders Institution.
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