A building site in Sandbach was also targeted. On some nights Atack broke into as many as seven buildings. He also caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to the properties.Atack was caught after Northwich Beat Team launched an investigation and recovered ANPR data which placed his Skoda Octavia in the area of the incidents.Mobile phone cell site data also placed him at the scenes.
CSI officers also found matching footprints at five of the eight locations. He was arrested after a raid at his home in Swinton on Monday, November 30.
During a search of his home, officers seized a pair of Nike trainers, which were an exact match for the footprints found at the scenes.
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