Man Sentenced for 5-Year Crime Spree

0:00On April 29, a 37-year-old man named Calum Daniels just got hit with a 5-year prison sentence for a string of 30 burglaries and deaths in Ashton underline. Fueled by a severe drug addiction, he pleaded guilty to 15 counts of vehicle interference, seven burglaries of homes and buildings, four. Straight up burglaries and four car thefts between December 2025 and January 2026. He targeted everything from houses and cars to a pharmacy and even a conservative club, leaving folks with real damage like over 8,000-5. 104 pounds in losses at that pharmacy alone. Daniels rummaged to homes, untargeted, snatching laptops, cash and bank cards to feed his habit. Victims described feeling on edge and super anxious with one lifelong resident saying the break-in shattered their sense of safety right on their own street. Others felt scared and cheated after he prowl drives and jimmy car doors

1:00turning quiet neighborhoods into tense zones. In court on April 29, that mincil street crown court, his lawyer argued he was sincerely sorry, had stayed clean since January custody and this was typical chaos from a raging addict with priors back to 2013. But the judge called him out hard, saying these crimes should bring him shame for the stress dumps on everyday people. Now Daniels has no fixed address in a long road ahead, but hopefully this lock-up gives him the reset to break that cycle for good.