Man in court over £70k rural burglary spree
Date of alert:
Sunday, 11 June 2023
Crime Ref:
Force:
Police Service of Northern Ireland
A MAN accused of involvement in a spree of rural burglaries that netted a crime gang more than £70,000 of tools and vehicles has appeared in court.
Ryan Douglas Bowen confirmed he understood each of the charges against him when he appeared in court in Ballymena on Friday via video-link.
The 34-year-old, of no fixed abode, also faces drug charges.
In relation to the alleged rural crime spree, he is accused of 32 offences, including theft from vehicles and criminal damage, all alleged to have been committed between June and October last year.
One of the charges alleges that Bowen “damaged a quantity of chickens.”
Earlier this year, co-accused Samuel David Todd (38), listed as having no fixed abode but from Newtownabbey, was freed on bail on 28 charges.
