A former crime gang member who raided houses on building sites has been given a suspended jail sentence.Simon Bird, 41, admitted breaking into three unoccupied homes to steal fittings and electrical goods earlier this year.Leicester Crown Court was told that Bird - who has 109 offences on his criminal record - was jailed for six years in 2009 for a series of professional gang-related cash machine thefts, mainly at Co-op stores around the country, which netted half a million pounds.Bird's latest...
