Moment criminal twins dubbed the Welsh Krays are arrested over burglary spree is revealed as they are each jailed for more than four years
- The brothers admitted their roles in a burglary gang that targeted Asian families
Dramatic footage shows the moment twin brothers known as the Welsh Krays were arrested following a police pursuit along with two other defendants.
Siblings Thomas and Phillip Berry, 27, were jailed for more than four years each for their roles in an organised crime gang who carried out a string of expensive burglaries in Wales.
When police searched their car officers found cash, face coverings, gloves, and mobile phones.
The brothers, from Wrexham, North Wales, admitted their roles in the burglary gang that often targeted Asian families.
The pair are understood to be known by fellow crooks as the ‘Welsh Krays’ for copying gangsters Ronnie and Reggie in a sibling life of crime.
Criminal twin brothers Thomas and Phillip Berry, 27, were both jailed for more than four years after a string of burglaries in Wales
Dramatic footage showed the moment the ‘Welsh Krays’ were arrested following a police pursuit along with two other defendants
Police said they carried out raids across Ellesmere Port, Warrington and Greater Manchester between October and December last year.
But they were caught when CCTV captured the group scouting out a property by looking through the window before making off with goods inside.
Detectives then tracked a car used in the break in and found a screwdriver with Thomas Berry’s DNA on it had been left inside.
Organised crime officers traced Berry and his known associates which resulted in them stopping his twin brother’s Audi A3 on the M56 last December.
Phillip Berry was jailed for four years and two months, while his twin brother Thomas was sentenced to four years and one month.
Adam Purcell, 34, was jailed alongside them at Chester Crown Court for four years and nine months and a 17-year-old boy is yet to be sentenced.
Adam Purcell, 34, was jailed alongside them at Chester Crown Court for four years and nine months and a 17-year-old boy is yet to be sentenced
The brothers, from Wrexham, North Wales, admitted their roles in the burglary gang that often targeted Asian families
When police searched their car officers found cash, face coverings, gloves, and mobile phones
All four admitted conspiracy to commit burglary.
Speaking after the sentence, Detective Chief Inspector Ian Murray, who leads Chester Police’s Serious and Organise Crime Unit said: ‘I welcome the sentences that have been handed out and I hope that they provide reassurance to the victims and the wider community.
‘The financial impact of burglary can be significant, but it’s the emotional effect of being burgled which often lasts much longer and should never be underestimated.
‘As a force we understand this and we hope this conviction goes as a warning to criminals who are looking to come to Cheshire, that in policing there are no borders, we work together to get criminals off our streets and behind bars where they belong.’
