A MAN has been jailed after stealing a mountain bike from a garage.

Christopher Holden, of Lincoln Grove, Atherton admitted to trespassing and taking the bike on Plodder Lane in Bolton on April 25.

The 31-year-old also pleaded guilty to interfering with two cars in Atherton on June 15 with the intent of stealing the vehicles or items within them.

He was convicted of breaching a community order imposed on him for assaulting a man in Tyldesley on April 30 as well.

Appearing at Wigan and Leigh Magistrates' Court on Monday, June 14, Holden was given a prison sentence of 20 weeks and told to pay a £600 compensation fee for the bike