For the latest news from in and around Wigan sign up to the MyWigan newsletter here A man put a wheelie bin against his mum's front door before driving into it in a moment of 'incredible stupidity'.
Stephen Wood, 51, of Atherton Road, Hindley Green, then stole a box from the house containing a number of valuables and at least £10,000.
It followed an argument between the pair, prosecution barrister Thomas Sherrington told Bolton Crown Court. READ MORE:'Predator' groomed two underage boys after they responded to his job advert Wood visited his mum, in Wigan, on February 17, but was asked to leave her house after a row.
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