Tagged burglar caught after GPS placed him outside garage where £3,000 motorbike was stolen from family home in West Yorkshire

David Jones, 29, was not only spotted on CCTV breaking into the garage on Church Avenue in Kirkthorpe, Wakefield, but was tracked by the GPS on his ankle bracelet which had been fitted for a previous offence.

Records showed the defendant travelling at walking pace around the area of the crime but suddenly reaching 22mph - consistent with riding the motorbike.

Leeds Crown Court was told how Jones had been "clearly part of a gang" after two men later turned up and loaded the bike into the back of a van not far from the scene.

Elizabeth Noble, prosecuting, said the homeowner had spotted her garage door open at 7.40am on September 28 this year.

She then noticed her son's motocross bike was missing and saw marks on the garage door where it had been prised open, and a crowbar was found.

It was left outside a property on Half Moon Lane at around 8.30am.

The two males later arrived and told the occupier of the property that the bike had broken down and that they had come to collect it.

After being arrested, Jones, of Fryston Road, Castleford, denied taking the bike and said his DNA would not be found on it.

But he was then shown the CCTV and the GPS movements from his tag and pleaded guilty to burglary.

The court was told he has previous 38 convictions for 81 offences dating back 17 years.

Giles Grant, mitigating, said Jones had suffered from ADHD all of his life, had not gone to school and as a result, was unable to gain work.

Judge Robin Mairs jailed him for 28 months, and said: "Some planning had gone into this offence, with the motorbike being left nearby and two males coming to collect it.

"It was clearly a gang offence, with some element of planning and an element of sophistication."