A MAN has been jailed for more than six years in prison after admitting to a number of crimes including theft, burglary and assault of a police officer.
Gary Atkins, 43, of Sheepcote Dell Road, Holmer Green, was sentenced yesterday, on March 29, for offences taking place between December 2019 and February 2021 on Holmer Green, Hazlemere and Tylers Green.
He admitted in Aylsebury Crown Court to four counts of burglary, three counts of theft from a motor vehicle, two counrs of vehicle interference, one count of business burglary, one count of assaulting a police officer and one count of possession of a class-A drug.
Atkins was arrested after he assaulted a police officer.
Investigating officer, Detective Constable Kerry Hall, based at Amersham police station, said: “Gary Atkins has been committing offences in the Holmer Green area for a number of years, causing the residents a lot of distress and anxiety.
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“The sentence he has received shows the severity of his criminality.
“Hopefully it will put a lot of people’s minds at rest that he will not be in Holmer Green for some time.”
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