
A 49-year-old man has pleaded guilty to burglary.
Michael Patterson, of Field Bank Grove has been banned from all alleyways in Manchester after raiding three premises by breaking in through the back.
The court heard how Patterson would remove bricks from around the windows and doors to get into the shops.
Patterson pleaded guilty to three counts of burglary and possession of a Class B substance at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court.
He was jailed for 16 months.