A COUPLE dubbed Bonnie and Clyde after they went on the run last year have been jailed for their part in £1million burglaries across east Anglia.

Luke Wall, 24 and mum-of-three Teresa Connors, 21, both of Leicester Road, Tilbury, were part of a five person gang who were all found guilty of conspiracy to burgle.

They were involved in 102 burglaries across East Anglia between March and September last year, netting the quintet around £970,000 in stolen property.

Offences spanned East Anglia with Essex burglaries occurring in Rayleigh, Basildon, Billericay, Wickford, Grays, South Ockendon and several other locations in the north of the county.

Last June Wall and Connors breached bail conditions and went on the run, with police releasing footage of them ramming a police motorcycle on the M11, injuring the officer, and ramming a police car on the M25.

When being sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court judge John Devaux described Wall as the leader of the group and jailed him for eight years.

Inspector Paul Maleary, senior investigating officer at the time of the offences, said: "The investigation team brought about conspiracy evidence for more than 100 burglaries committed by different members of this group.

"I suspect that they probably committed many more.

"Wall in particular showed a blatant disregard for their victims’ feelings as often sentimental items of jewellery were stolen that have not been recovered.

"He drove so dangerously on a number of occasions when police attempted to stop him and placed the police and the public in such danger that any pursuit was immediately cancelled on the grounds of public safety."

Items stolen included cars, money, computer equipment, electrical goods and jewellery, much of which was sold on.

Wall and Connors even took photos of themselves staying in a luxury penthouse suite at a hotel in London’s Docklands, showing off their ill-gotten gains.

Insp Maleary added: “There cannot be a better example of the benefits of forces working together and I congratulate all those officers and staff members that worked so diligently on this enquiry.

"In particular I commend the tenacity and professionalism of the Essex investigating officer, Dc Nicola Hadfield, Dc Paul Thornton from Cambridgeshire, and Paul Scothern of the East of England CPS Complex Case Unit.

"Dwelling burglary is a priority crime for Essex Police and the imprisonment of these five individuals today can only have a positive effect on the residents of Essex and the Home Counties.”

Wall, Connors, Kyle Shillingford, 27, of no fixed address, and Joseph Mahon, 20, of Fanshawe Road, Cambridge, all admitted conspiracy to commit burglary.

Robert Butler, 31, of Lilliput Road, Romford, denied conspiracy to commit burglary but was convicted after a trial.

Butler was jailed for seven years, Mahon for 40 months and Connors for eight months while Shillingford received 28 months.