Lanarkshire car thief caught after crashing stolen vehicle

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A drug-crazed car thief was caught after crashing the stolen vehicle.Airdrie Sheriff Court heard that Declan Lyons was found lying beside the car which was on its roof on a grass verge at the roadside.Lyons found himself in the dock on his 25th birthday.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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A witness heard a loud bang in the town's Forest Road shortly before 5am and saw the overturned car.Lyons also admitted sneaking into a house in Pine Crescent, Cumbernauld, and stealing a purse and bank cards.Police recovered the stolen items when they attended the crash scene.He pleaded guilty to a further charge of breaching a bail curfew.Lyons, of Roseburn Court, Cumbernauld, admitted previous convictions but his agent claimed he had been doing "so well" until a relapse into offending recently.The solicitor said: "Things spiralled out of control.

There are addiction issues."He was under the influence of drugs when he committed these crimes."He has no recollection but accepts his culpability.