He tried to flee to Vietnam after what he was seen doing on pub's CCTV

A man attempted to flee the country after burgling a pub. Terence John Adams had been drinking at the Top House pub in Winsford on the evening of Saturday, September 7.

Shortly before leaving the premises, he went into the men’s toilets and pushed open a rear window. He returned to the pub a short time later, at 1.45am on Sunday, September 8, climbing into the building through the open window, before stealing over £3,000 cash.

After discovering the premises had been burgled, a member of staff reviewed CCTV footage and identified Adams as the suspect and the incident was reported to police. Following the reports, Adams was contacted by both the victim and police, and made a full admission to the burglary, stating that he would hand himself in at Northwich Police Station on Wednesday September 11.

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But instead of travelling Northwich, he booked himself a flight to Vietnam from Heathrow Airport. However, police were one step ahead of him and he was arrested by officers from Cheshire Police at Heathrow Airport the same day, before being transported back to Cheshire.

The 37-year-old of Normans Lane, Whitley, Northwich, pleaded guilty to one count of burglary other than a dwelling and appeared at Chester Magistrates Court on Friday, September 13 where he was sentenced to six months in prison.

Following the sentencing Detective Constable Lara Hill, who led the investigation, said: “Adams had assured officers that he would hand himself in at Northwich police station, and by doing so thought that he would be able to flee to Vietnam before we would be able to locate and arrest him.

"However, through our diligent enquiries, we were quickly able to detect that he was actually intending to leave the country in an attempt to avoid justice. As a result, our officers were ready and waiting to arrest him as he approached the departure gate at Heathrow airport.

"So, instead of flying to Vietnam, Adams had a trip to our custody unit in Middlewich.” As well as his six months in prison for the burglary offence, Adams was also ordered to pay compensation and recalled to prison in relation to previous offences.