Man given suspended sentence for Rossendale farm thefts

A man has been given a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to stealing bank cards from a farm in Rossendale.

Brandon Stewart, 27, was arrested in September 2022 after several items, including a quadbike, were stolen from the farm.

In July that year, a farmer from Rossendale Valley was the victim of several thefts and suspecting somebody had been snooping on her land during the night.

Rossendale Rural Task Force investigated and located several pieces of CCTV showing Stewart, of Pringle Street, Rochdale, using bank cards stolen from the farm.