A 37-year-old man from Ashton has been handed a 26-week prison sentence and ordered to pay £800 in compensation after causing damage and stealing numerous items from a charity shop.
Christopher Wilson (pictured) was identified as the person responsible after being caught on CCTV and his DNA was also confirmed after he left blood at the scene of the safe when he had cut himself as he tried to prise it open.
Wilson, whose address was given as Assheton House, caused damage and stole numerous items after breaking into the shop in the town centre on Monday 9 March.
He pleaded guilty after appearing at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court last week charged with burglary.
Officers from GMP's Tameside team had seized CCTV from the charity shop and local area, before positively identifying Wilson as the culprit.
Hyde theatre receives £20K funding boost from the People's Postcode Lottery
TAMESIDE: What each political party in Tameside is offering to voters at the local elections this year
GREATER MANCHESTER: We asked every Greater Manchester mayoral candidate the same questions – this is what they said
"The pandemic changed my outlook on life": The Denton mum who started a business from her bathroom
