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# Jail for burglar who stole cars and electronics worth more than £100,000
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/jail-for-burglar-who-stole-cars-and-electronics-worth-more-than-100000/
- Published: 2025-08-12T11:32:41.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-12T20:09:23.000Z
- Description: A burglar who stole cars and items worth more than £100,000 has been jailed for more than three years.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Crime, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:45, News

A BURGLAR who stole cars and items worth more than £100,000 has been jailed for more than three years.

Callum Gaines targeted vehicles across Lichfield and Tamworth, including a VW Tiguan, two Peugeot cars, a Renault Clio, an Audi A6, a Ford Fiesta and a VW T-Roc.

The 18-year-old, from Tamworth, was jailed for three-and-a-half years at Stafford Crown Court after he admitted six counts of burglary, five counts of theft of a motor vehicle, one count of attempted burglary and one count of theft from a motor vehicle. He also agreed to a schedule of 18 burglary offences to be taken into consideration.

As well as the cars, Gaines took phones and a laptops from one of the homes he burgled.

DC Ben Tuckwell, from Staffordshire Police, said:

> “Gaines had a significant impact on local communities in Lichfield and Tamworth with his widespread offending.   
>  
> “I’m pleased that we were able to gather all of the evidence needed to secure this result which has ultimately resulted in a prolific thief being locked up for a number of years.”