Monday, February 2, 2026
The man pictured is Max Bancroft who is back in prison for burglary and theft offences in Nelson.
Bancroft, 34, was only released on licence from a jail sentence in December.
By early in January though, he was back offending.
Bancroft stole £450 worth of meat from Lidl, Rigby Street, on 11th January.
On the same day, he burgled the Pound Grow store in Nelson town centre, stealing a quantity of cigarettes.
He returned to Pound Grow to carry out a second burglary on 21st January, again taking cigarettes.
Last week, a wanted appeal was circulated for Bancroft and he handed himself in on Friday, knowing officers from the Prosper Partnership team were searching for him.
Bancroft, of no fixed address, appeared before Preston Magistrates Court on Saturday where he pleaded guilty to two charges of burglary of a non-dwelling, and a charge of theft from a theft.
The magistrates jailed him for 52 weeks.