A serial bird thief with a fixation for small creatures has been jailed.
Dean Wells stole 24 racing pigeons from a loft after creeping into a pensioner’s garden in the middle of the night.
Great-grandfather George Howie woke up to find his prized birds taken from his Aberdeen home along with one of his wicker baskets on April 27 last year.
When police were called in to investigate the crime, they turned up at Wells’ home to find him in his bedroom surrounded by the birds.
Wells, 23, has a history of stealing feathered creatures having previously been jailed for nicking 19 pigeons and, in a separate incident, stashing two of his uncle’s budgies in his pockets four years ago.
He had been given six months to be of good behaviour after falling ‘fowl’ of the law in the latest incident.
But Wells, who is currently serving a prison sentence, was jailed for 22 days when he appeared at Aberdeen Sheriff Court this morning.
His sentence will run concurrently to the one he is serving.
Bird thief locked up for stealing prize winning racing pigeons
