Career burglar who nicked £13k of laptops walks free because of ‘prison overcrowding’

A career burglar who wheeled £13,000 worth of laptops out of an office in a suitcase has walked free because of prison overcrowding. Luke Handley, 41, has an appalling record after carrying out at least 53 burglaries but insists he has turned his life around. Handley stole 12 laptops and an iPad from the fourth floor of an office block in Great Titchfield Street, central London, on June 12, 2023, Southwark Crown Court heard. Judge Sally-Ann Hales said she had…

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