Black Country man jailed after stealing £4,000 of copper cables from Welsh business
Six wooden drums containing copper cabling worth £4,000 were stolen in May 2023.
A Walsall man who stole £4,000 worth of copper cabling from a Welsh business has been jailed.
Thomas Keenan, of Montgomery Road, Walsall, trespassed into BT premises in Porthmadog, North Wales, in May 2023, alongside two others and stole six wooden drums containing the cabling.
After previously admitting burglary, the 24-year-old was sentenced to 13 months behind bars at Caernarfon Crown Court on Friday (September 11).
Reacting to the sentencing, North Wales PC Stephen Jones said: “Copper theft is not a victimless crime and has real-life impacts on businesses and members of the community.
“We take reports of burglary seriously and will pursue any perpetrators to bring them to justice.”