Bosses at a burgled firm trapped a man trying to sell items from the raid by staging a sting operation, a Court heard.

Nasar Hussain turned up in a van at a pre-arranged rendezvous point with escalator equipment stolen from PKA, in Lawkholme Lane, Keighley, in June last year.

Hussain, 28, of North Park Road, Manningham, Bradford, drove off at speed when employees at PKA recognised the stolen panels and steps he wanted to sell for £4,000, Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday.

He pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods, possession of cannabis with intent to supply and dangerous driving.

Judge Colin Burn told Hussain he had come “perilously close” to going to jail. He sentenced him to an intensive community order with supervision, a curfew and 150 hours’ unpaid work.

Hussain was banned from driving for two years.