Bragging car thief jailed for over 14 years after reign of terror on Greater Manchester communities
Kyle Camp has been sentenced to 14 years and four months in prison for his involvement in a series of violent car thefts and burglaries across Greater Manchester. The crimes, which included threats with knives and physical assaults, were part of Operation Napoleon, a police investigation that previously convicted seven teenagers. Camp's bragging on social media and phone evidence linked him to multiple incidents, leading to his arrest and subsequent guilty plea.
Kyle Camp Jailed for 14 Years After Violent Car Theft Spree Across Greater Manchester
Kyle Camp has been sentenced to 14 years and four months in prison for his role in a ruthless car theft operation that terrorized victims across Greater Manchester and Cheshire, bringing the total number of convicted offenders to nine following the extensive Operation Napoleon investigation.
The 23-year-old pleaded guilty to three counts of burglary, six counts of theft, six counts of robbery, and two counts of handling stolen goods after detectives linked him to 15 different burglaries committed over just seven weeks in 2022. Camp’s crime spree included violent home invasions where victims were threatened with knives and assaulted in their own homes.
Police first identified Camp through mobile phone evidence recovered during the initial investigation that saw seven teenagers convicted in July 2023. A photograph from one of the original defendant’s phones showed a stolen vehicle during what appeared to be reconnaissance, while text messages revealed Camp bragging about the cars he had stolen.
The court heard how Camp and his associates would steal multiple vehicles in a single night, often armed with knives or tools. On December 28, 2021, they stole a car from Boardale Avenue in Moston, which police later recovered displaying false number plates. A snood found inside yielded a partial DNA match to Camp.
One particularly harrowing incident occurred on June 16, 2022, in Uppermill, Oldham, where Camp and accomplice Ryan Pearce violently assaulted a man on his driveway, threatening him with a knife before stealing his car keys. The victim was pinned to the ground as the offenders fled in a stolen BMW fitted with false plates.
Detective Constable Chris Chinnery from the Serious Organised Crime Group said: “Kyle Camp’s crimes not only had significant financial implications for our victims, but most distressing, they had huge emotional impacts on victims who were either violently assaulted or threatened with weapons by Camp. One man was left feeling so unsafe that he felt he had no choice but to move to a different part of the country.”
Camp was finally arrested at 11:30pm on July 12, 2023, at a kebab shop on Stockport Road in Longsight. Despite initially answering “no comment” to all questions and pleading not guilty, overwhelming evidence including phone data, DNA, and social media posts showing him with stolen vehicles led to his conviction.
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