A man stole motorbikes and taunted his victims on social media with videos and rap music . Jake Thornley, 22, committed the thefts between April 2022 and October 2023. Thornley, of Mill Hill, Little Hulton , stole eight motorbikes and two of the bikes were stolen from the same victim's home, on two separate occasions.
On July 2, he was sentenced at Bolton Crown Court for the offences. After pleading guilty, he was also sentenced for dangerous driving after leading police on a 30-minute chase through Little Hulton, Salford and Bolton, reaching speeds of 100mph and driving on the wrong side of the East Lancashire Road, before being rammed to a stop by police. There were also offences of driving without due care and attention, driving whilst disqualified and failure to stop.
Prosecuting, Neil Bisarya said: "The defendant committed multiple offences of theft of motorbikes and burglary from a garage in a residential dwelling." He told of one theft in Farnworth , saying: "On April 10, 2022, between 5.15am and 5.
45am, the victim was preparing to go out on his bike at 5am when he removed it from the garage and took his dog out for a walk. "When he returned, it had gone. Following the theft of this bike it was seen on the TikTok account of the defendant in his possession and was also recorded on accounts owned by the co-accused.
"The victim was later informed by a friend that a male called Jake Thornley was trying to sell a motorcycle which he believed was his. "After this he was info.
