Derby Burglars Gang Jailed for 13 Years, Targeted rural homes, May be Deported by Home office

Silviu Gadalan, 37, of no fixed address, Valentin Stoica, 24, of Mansfield Road, Chester Green and Neculai Tanase, 24, of Harrington Street, Pear Tree  who targeted large rural homes to steal thousands of pounds during a week-long spree of break-ins are jailed.

Trio targeted homes in Findern, Willington, Elvaston, Brailsford, Kedleston, Ashbourne and Staffordshire in a spree between August 26 and September 4.



Most of the burglaries took place at isolated detached houses during the day when the occupants were not in.



They took £15,000 in cash from a safe before breaking into a gun cabinet to steal weapons at Ashbourne burglary.



 At on robbery when two brothers, residents of house, woke up, they hit both of them over the head and left them needing hospital treatment.



Police arrested them after they left their fingerprints at the scene of each crime. Another man was arrested in relation to these offences but he has since fled back to Romania and he was the one who selected homes for robberies and directing this escapade.



All three men pleaded guilty to a number of burglaries or attempted burglaries.




Neculai Tanase  left his immediate and extended family back in Romania two years ago to move to the UK looking for a better life for him and them.



Gadalan who has a wife and two children, aged three and five, back in Romania was paid just £70 per burglary.



Once they have served half their sentences a decision on whether to deport them will be down to the Home Office.