TWO teen burglars smashed a window with a brick then stole an Xbox, a Canada Goose coat, a speaker and a £10 note from an address in Flixton, a court has heard.

Lewis Hodgkiss and Thomas Piert also smashed a window at another address with a plant pot and tried to break into a garage.

Hodgkiss, from Oldham, and Piert, from Stockport, were 17 and 16 respectively at the time of the offences, which were in February 2020.

The pair were arrested the day afterwards and the stolen items were recovered in their possession.

Piert, now 18, of Underhill, admitted two burglaries and one attempted burglary and was sentenced to a community order at Manchester Magistrates' Court at the end of last year.

But Hodgkiss, now 19, of Rochdale Road, initially denied two of the offences and only admitted them at a later date. 

He was sentenced for two burglaries and one attempted burglary by Recorder Edmund Fowler at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court this week.

Prior to the sentence, prosecutor Betsy Hindle told the court how Piert and Hodgkiss tried to break into a garage on Millford Avenue in broad daylight.

The owner received a notification from his CCTV camera and saw one of the teenagers pull hard on the door as the other watched on.

According to Ms Hindle, Piert and Hodgkiss then went next door, where a window was smashed with a plant pot.

The victim returned to the sight of broken glass and blood, which was later linked back to the teenagers, although nothing was stolen.

Finally, Piert and Hodgkiss went to an address on nearby Ambleside Road, where a window was again smashed, this time with a brick.

The pair rifled through cupboards and drawers and made off with an Xbox, a Canada Goose coat and a speaker belonging to the owner's son, and a £10 note belonging to the owner's daughter.

In mitigation for Hodgkiss, John Kennerley stressed his age at the time of the offences, as well as the fact he had been thrown out of the family home and had also fallen into a drug addiction.

Mr Kennerley stressed a stint in prison for a separate instance of dangerous driving, which ended last month, had made Hodgkiss change his attitude.

Recorder Fowler accepted the mitigation and sentenced the teenager to 12 months in a young offender institution, although suspended for two years. 

He said: "Your actions have had consequences for the victims.

"Three families have suffered since from your selfish actions."

But he added: "It seems the time in custody has been the shock you needed.

"If it turns out I'm wrong, you know where you'll end up."

Recorder Fowler ordered Hodgkiss to complete a Thinking Skills programme, a 20-day rehabilitation activity requirement and 150 hours' unpaid work.