A prolific bicycle thief has been jailed after he was caught taking property at Gatwick Airport.
Max Huggett, 30, was captured on CCTV cameras looking at bicycles locked in a shed near the South Terminal on January 23 this year.
When the owner of one of them returned to pick it up, he found it had been taken.
But Huggett had been captured on CCTV taking the bike at 5.45pm that day and Sussex police officers from Gatwick’s Divisional Intelligence Unit were able to identify Huggett, formerly of Colman Way, Redhill, Surrey, now of HMP Lewes, as he was previously given a suspended sentence for similar theft offences at the airport.
A search of his address found clothing he'd been wearing in the CCTV footage.
At Lewes Crown Court on March 4, Huggett admitted breaching a suspended sentence order, and theft of a pedal cycle.
He was jailed for a total of 15 months for his latest offences.
PC Michelle Robinson/Detective Sergeant Ian Warncken, investigating, said:
“Huggett has been a repeat offender at Gatwick Airport where he has stolen bicycles and property.
“It causes disruption to victims who have worked their shift at the airport and return to find their property has been stolen.
“This case demonstrates that we will work with our partners to identify and catch offenders and stop them causing harm to other victims.”
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