Northampton trio set to be sentenced after string of planned rural thefts amounting to £180,000

A trio of men from Northampton will be sentenced after a string of rural thefts across the county.

Leroy Paul Lovatt, aged 44, previously of Holyrood Road, Northampton, Mark Daniel Rogers, aged 36, of no fixed abode and Richard Whiteoak, aged 33, previously of Fitzsewin Court, Northampton all faced trial at Northampton Crown Court. All three were initially charged conspiracy to steal, following a spare of incidents in 2019 and 2020.

Lovatt and Rogers were found guilty by a jury following an 11-day trial, which ended on June 26. Whiteoak entered a guilty plea mid-trial to the offence of handling stolen goods, which was accepted by the Crown Prosecution Service.