Four members of a chop shop gang which dealt with over a million pounds worth of stolen vans and van parts have been sentenced. Alan Greenhough, 65, Vicky Strange, 38, David Woolham, 21, and Thomas Woolham, 38, played "lower level" parts in the conspiracy . An estimated £700,000 worth of Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans from across Bolton and further afield were stolen as part of the conspiracy and taken to breakers yards in Farnworth, Halliwell and Westhoughton.
On July 5, the quartet were sentenced at Bolton Crown Court over their involvement. The Honorary Recorder for Bolton, Judge Martin Walsh, said: "You each fall to be sentenced for offences of conspiracy to steal and handling stolen motor vehicles. "You played lower-level parts, assisting those in the operation of the conspiracy.
"The total number of stolen vehicles recovered is worth an estimated £700,000." He added: "High-value tools inside the vehicles were also stolen. The vehicles were broken up into valuable parts and sold on to others.
"The parts played by each of you are different." All four had previously pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to steal a motor vehicle and conspiracy to receive stolen goods. Sentencing Greenhough, of Egerton Street, Farnworth , Judge Walsh said he had been recruited to work at the Halliwell yard, breaking up vehicles.
He said: "You are 65 and have an extensive record of low-level offending. "A conservative estimate is that the vehicles that went through the Halliwell yard were wo.
