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Story summary
- Leonard Hodgkins, Jimmy Butler, Benjamin Hobbs and David Hodgkins were sentenced for stealing 33 Land Rover Defenders.
- Their combined prison terms exceed 15 years.
- The 33 Defenders, worth £600,000, were taken between September 2024 and May 2025 across Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Powys.
- West Mercia Police launched Operation Liondale after Butler’s arrest in November 2025.
- Benjamin Hobbs ran a Bristol workshop that served as a chop shop for stolen vehicles.