A man who stole cars in and around Oldham and then bragged about it on social media has been jailed. Kyle Camp has been jailed for 14 years and four months. He was caught as part of the police's Operation Napoleon.
Camp was the ninth man to be sentenced in the group that operated in Oldham and across Greater Manchester. Camp pleaded guilty to three counts of burglary, six counts of theft, six counts of robbery, and two counts of handling stolen goods. Kyle camp was arrested in July 2023 (Image: GMP) In July 2023, Greater Manchester Police convicted seven teenagers of a string of burglaries and thefts across Greater Manchester and Cheshire.
Specialist officers from the Tactical Vehicle Intercept Unit identified a pattern of offending, and detectives from the Serious Organised Crime Group were brought in to link the incidents. Through the original investigation, detectives soon identified Camp as being involved. An image from one of the original defendant's phones from the first investigation into the criminal group showed the car they had stolen, taken during what seemed to be a reconnaissance.
Read more: The cheapest places to buy a house in Oldham revealed When he was arrested in October 2022, a download of his phone showed him communicating with Camp, with Camp bragging about the cars he had stolen. Over a period of time, Camp and his acquaintances carried out a 'ruthless' spree of offending throughout Greater Manchester, with victims in areas of Oldham targeted. Often stea.