Three teenagers have been sentenced after admitting to a series of offences including thefts from boats and criminal damage.

It follows an investigation into the theft of four BMW alloy wheels overnight on Friday, October 7, from a compound in St Olaves.

The trio appeared at Great Yarmouth Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, April 12.

They asked for up to seven other offences to be taken into consideration including thefts from boats, criminal damage, and burglary carried out between September 21, 2022, and November 18, 2022.

Tyler Morse, 18, of Beach Drive, Scratby, Max Sharp, 19, of Grove Road, Martham, and Joey Seaman, 19, of Purslane Drive, Caister, were each handed 120 hours of unpaid work and ordered to pay £526.66 in compensation, costs, and victim surcharge.

Morse and Sharp admitted to six other offences, including the theft of maritime navigation equipment from three boats in Cobholm totalling £8,100, criminal damage to a fence costing £300, the theft of fishing equipment from a marine yard in Lowestoft worth £4,500, and taking jewellery from a private boat worth £100.

Sharp also admitted to a further offence relating to criminal damage at a boatyard in Burgh Castle.

Seaman admitted to two additional offences relating to the fishing equipment theft in Lowestoft and the criminal damage at Burgh Castle.

The three men were caught on CCTV in Sharp’s van acting suspiciously in St Olaves on the night of the wheel theft.

Sharp was arrested on November 8 at his home address where items relating to other thefts were recovered.

Morse and Seaman initially denied their involvement.

Officers were able to establish Morse’s identity by connecting him to a distinctive Nike top worn by one of the suspects seen in the CCTV images.

All three expressed remorse and a desire to turn their lives around.