A Hanley man has been jailed after pleading guilty to numerous offences including stealing a car, shoplifting, and assaulting an emergency worker.

Mason McLatchie, 28, was sentenced to four years in jail at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on Wednesday 3 December 2025.

In May 2024, McLatchie had forced entry into a house in Stoke-on-Trent and stole a designer jacket, mobile phone, and music speaker.

Just days later, he also stole goods from a shop in Hanley, and later in May he stole a Range Rover Sport from a car park in Stoke-on-Trent.

The stolen car was spotted on Hanley Road on the same day and when officers tried to stop it, the driver - later identified as McLatchie - drove over a kerb and down an embankment.

Ultimately, the car was returned to the owner with no damage.

Later, between Tuesday 4 June 2024 and Friday 14 June 2024, McLatchie stole more items including a handbag, a yellow hard hat and orange high viz and a card reader. He also damaged shutters at Intu Potteries Centre.

PC Lucy Young, of the Stoke-on-Trent north local policing team, said: "McLatchie is a prolific offender and we do not underestimate the impact that his crimes had on local people and businesses.

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"A criminal behaviour order (CBO) has also been issued to McLatchie, which prevents him entering various businesses in Stoke-on-Trent for the next five years.

"We will continue to act robustly against those committing crime in our local communities."

In all, McLatchie pleaded guilty to:

• One count of burglary dwelling and theft
• One count of theft from a shop
• One count of theft of a motor vehicle
• One count of theft – other – including theft by finding
• One count of criminal damage to property valued under £5,000
• One count of assault by beating of an emergency worker
• Two counts of burglary other than dwelling – theft