Behind bars: Prolific vehicle thief who posed with stolen motorcycle sentenced to 14 years in prison

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A prolific vehicle thief who posed for photos alongside a stolen motorcycle has been sentenced to 14 years and four months in prison after pleading guilty to three counts of burglary, six counts of theft, six counts of robbery, and two counts of handling stolen goods.

Kyle Camp was jailed on January 24 as part of a lengthy Greater Manchester Police (GMP) operation – becoming the ninth male to be sentenced as part of a group operating across both Greater Manchester, and Cheshire.

The majority of Camp’s crimes related to the theft of cars, including working with the group to threaten owners with violence until they handed over their keys. A search of his phone also showed him posing with a stolen motorcycle that had been taken earlier that night.

“Kyle Camp’s crimes not only had significant financial implications for our victims, but most distressing, they had huge emotional impacts on victims who were either violently assaulted or threatened with weapons by Camp,” Detective Constable Chris Chinnery, from GMP’s Serious Organised Crime Group said. “One man was left feeling so unsafe that he felt he had no choice but to move to a different part of the country.”

Kyle Camp photographed after arrest

DC Chinnery continued: “This case included hours of meticulous searching through mobile phone evidence, tracing messages involving numerous people, across multiple phones and social media channels as deals were done and Camp bragged about his stolen cars, showing complete disregard the victims.”

On Tuesday, July 12, 2022, victims in a property on Green Street, in Middleton, Manchester, awoke to find their back door open and two motorcycles stored in the garage – including a Yamaha MT-07 – had been taken.

A police search of Camp’s phone revealed a picture of him posing with the bike with a snood over his face, taken at 5am that same morning. Over the space of seven weeks, he was involved in 15 different burglaries.