Wade Gibbon was just 17 when he and an accomplice stole mountain bikes, a car and then a motorcycle which they crashed

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A Stoke-on-Trent teenager has been locked up following a 'night of chaos' in North Wales.

Wade Gibbon - who was just 17 at the time of the offences - and his younger friend stole mountain bikes, a car and then a motorcycle which they crashed in the space of a few hours.

At one point he even climbed on a family's dining table as they slept upstairs.

Mold Crown Court heard one of the bikes taken belonged to a girl with epilepsy and learning difficulties who had saved up for it.

Gibbon, of Harrowby Road, Meir, had pleaded guilty to two burglaries and two counts of aggravated vehicle taking.

At his sentencing hearing today, a judge sent Gibbon, , now 19, to a young offenders' institution for 22 months, the Daily Post reports.

Prosecutor Myles Wilson said Gibbon and an accomplice burgled a house's garage in Abergele on February 25 last year.

They got into the garage while the family was asleep in the house and stole the two bikes. Then they rode off towards Kinmel Bay at 3.30am.

Once they arrived in Rhyl, they forced open a conservatory door of another house.

Inside, Gibbon and his pal stole the front door key, a car key, a wallet and bank cards, said the prosecutor.

Once again, a family - of two adults and two children aged nine and four - were asleep upstairs.

Gibbon and his friend then drove away in the family's Ford Focus.

The court heard the first the family knew about it was when police officers arrived at 6.30am to tell them that it had been found in Berth y Glyd Road in Old Colwyn.

A footprint showed Gibbon had stood on the family's dining table.

But the prosecutor said that CCTV footage in Old Colwyn showed the pair then forcing the starter motor of a parked Lexmoto Arizona motorcycle to get it to start. They rode off then crashed it in the town.

Police arrested them four days later.

Prosecutor Mr Wilson said the evidence, including one of the young men's phones in the area at the time of the offences and a footprint on the dining room table, helped lead to their convictions.

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Gibbon, who had not driven the Ford Focus himself, was 17 at the time of the offences. The accomplice, who was 16, pleaded guilty to the offences last December.

In a victim impact statement, the Ford Focus owner said they are more safety conscious now and have installed CCTV cameras. They lost work when they had to rent a car for four weeks. When they got another one their insurance premiums were higher.

The motorcycle owner had needed his vehicle for work but had to rely on parents to take him to start his 6am shifts.

Simon Rogers, defending, accepted it had been "a night of chaos" but said the defendant was still young and deserved a chance.

The judge His Honour Judge David Hale told Gibbon: "If it were not for the fact that these offences were serious I would perhaps take a chance on you."

But he sent Gibbon to a young offenders' institution for a total of 22 months. He also disqualified him from driving for 23 months after his release.

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