Burglar caught using Find My iPhone

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Phone app helps police to track down criminal who also stole an Audi A6 and laptop

A burglar has been jailed after he was tracked down using Apple's Find My iPhone app.

Stephen Lashley broke a ground floor window to get inside and steal a couple's car keys, laptop, and their iPhone.

According to the Mirror, the couple heard him break in and flee in their Audi A6.

Realising Langley had stolen their iPhone, they logged into their computer and used the service to track down their phone.

It mean that couple, who live in Ormskirk, Lancashire, were able to tell the police exactly where he was going.

"We'd only recently downloaded the app," the couple told the Mirror, in a story printed on Friday. "We logged on to Apple iCloud on our computer and we were able to tell them where he was."

As a result of Find My iPhone, the police were able to dispatch a helicopter and track him down. He crashed the A6 into a wall, and escaped on foot.

However, forensic evidence eventually linked Lashley to the crime.

He was jailed for three years and ten months.

The couple were grateful for being able to track him. "We were just so pleased we had the tracking app. It really did help to catch him."

Report by : Ben Furfie