Banbury – Three jailed for stealing £8,000 worth of items

Just after 11am on March 10, 2025, Scott Stockbridge, aged 48, Justin Stockbridge, aged 51, and Kaine Milstead, aged 30, forced entry into a property in Culworth, just north of Banbury.

Once inside, they stole various antique items including a copper cauldron, a pair of Punch and Judy doorsteps, large antique brass oil lamp stands and a mirror, worth a combined total of £8,000.

They then fled the scene in a white Ford Transit van.

An investigation was launched by Northamptonshire Police’s Burglary Team with the arrests of the Stockbridge brothers and Milstead following a short time later.

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Scott Stockbridge (Image: Northamptonshire Police)

All three men were then charged in connection with the incident.

Justin Stockbridge pleaded guilty to the offences in August at Aylesbury Crown Court.

Scott Stockbridge, previously of Southall, pleaded not guilty to the offences but was subsequently found guilty of the burglary following a trial at Aylesbury Crown Court in November.

At the same trial he was also convicted of a theft, dangerous driving and driving while disqualified, which happened in the Thames Valley area.

The Stockbridge brothers returned to Aylesbury Crown Court on December 2, where Scott was sentenced to six years and nine weeks in prison and Justin, previously of High Wycombe, was given two years for the burglary.

Kaine Milstead, previously of Beaconsfield, who is also Scott Stockbridge’s son, pleaded guilty to the offences in December at Northampton Magistrates’ Court.

He returned to the same court last month (March 26) and was sentenced to two years and six months in prison for the Culworth burglary and driving offences on the Thames Valley area.