Two men have been jailed after ram-raiding a hairdressing salon in Dartford and stealing hair and beauty products worth up to £3,000.

Gary Parkes, 32, and Liam Brown, 25, targeted the hair salon, based in Market Street, shortly after 5pm on January 1, 2022.

They were both sentenced to a year and 10 months in prison after admitting a burglary charge at Maidstone Crown Court on Wednesday.

The pair smashed through the business' glass door before stealing hairdryers, curlers, straighteners and other beauty products.

Parkes, of Frederick Place in Woolwich, had an ankle tag on which was fitted after he was released from prison for a separate matter, which gave "irrefutable evidence" that he was at the scene.

The offending was clearly captured on CCTV and showed the two men using a moped to smash through the front windows of the business.

They then stole equipment and beauty products before leaving the scene on the moped.

Although both offenders were wearing crash helmets, Parkes was identified as a suspect as he was wearing an electronic tag which tracked his movements.

The data from the tag matched the movements of the moped, which had been captured on CCTV and ANPR cameras.

With the evidence, detectives were able to obtain a warrant to arrest him at his home address on January 13.

He was then charged with the offence and has been held on remand since.

Byrom, of no fixed address, was identified as a co-defendant after a review of Parkes’ phone showed the pair had been in regular contact on the day of the offence.

Phone mast data then confirmed the two had travelled together to the scene of the offence.

He was arrested after detectives carried out a warrant at a property in Sidcup on January 20.

Inside the address, officers uncovered the clothing Byrom wore on the date of the burglary and, like Parkes, he has been remanded in custody since.

Intolerable offending Detective Constable Dan Bister, Kent Police’s investigating officer for the case, said: "Parkes and Byrom caused a considerable amount of disruption for the business, not just because of the items stolen but because of the damage they caused to the door.

"I’m pleased that we have quickly been able to secure justice for the victims and hope they can feel a sense of justice from this result.

"We will never show any tolerance for offending of this nature and will always do everything in our power to hold people like Parkes and Byrom accountable for their actions."

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