A FLINTSHIRE man who burgled a Wrexham business he had visited earlier that day has been jailed.

Shaun Lloyd, 36, of Queen's Road, Greenfield, appeared at Mold Crown Court on Thursday, March 17.

He had previously appeared at Wrexham Magistrates Court on February 23 charged with burglary.

Laura Knightly prosecuting told the court how, at 11pm on November 12, 2020, Stephen Williams received a call regarding someone having been at the Stephen Williams Transport site at Wrexham Industrial Estate earlier that evening.

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A padlock and a roller shutter at the premises had been broken, as well as several valuables inside.

A customer's Ford Ranger pickup truck, worth between £4,000 and £5,000 was damaged and a toolbox belonging to an employee, Thomas Hayes, had also been stolen.

Diagnostic computers worth between £3,000 and £4,000 and two mobiles were also stolen from the site.

Another vehicle belonging to a customer sustained £1,200 worth of damage during the incident too, the court heard.

CCTV showed Lloyd entering the premises at around 9.50pm that night. 

At 11.20pm on the CCTV cameras, the Ford Ranger was seen to have left the site with the stolen toolbox in the back of it.

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The court heard how, earlier that day at 5.30pm, Lloyd had been to Stephen Williams Transport to pick up a clutch.

In a victim statement, Stephen Williams himself said he 'felt betrayed' by Lloyd as he had 'known him for years' as a customer and as someone who borrowed tools from the site.

He added that he had 'become less trusting in people' since the incident.

Another victim Thomas Hayes, whose toolbox was stolen that night, added that he had 'had sleepless nights' and 'had been worried he couldn't do his job without the tools and would lose customers'.

The court also heard how Lloyd had sent threatening messages over Facebook to Mr Hayes asking him to drop the complaint against him.

Oliver King defending told the court that the defendant 'wasn't in a good place' at the time of the incident.

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He added that he had been 'drinking too much', was 'broke' and his relationship at the time had 'ended abruptly.

He said that Lloyd, who is a mechanic himself, has autism and ADHD and that contributed to the fact that he 'acted impulsively'.

In his closing remarks, Judge Rhys Rowlands said that Lloyd had 'no remorse, no contrition and no care at all' about what he had done and that he had simply 'hoped he would get away with it'.

He added: "What you did was not just dishonest, but also particularly mean on your part."

Judge Rowlands sentenced Lloyd to 15 months in prison.