A BICYCLE thief has admitted stealing bikes worth £2,455 during a four-week crime spree.

Jack Goddard, 20, of no fixed address, stole a bike worth £200 in Westcliff on October 9 and another worth £385 on October 15.

Two days later he returned to Westcliff to take a bike worth £200, and on November 1 he visited Leigh to steal a £1,000 bike.

The next day he took a £370 bike from Westcliff and the day after that he stole another £300 bike.

Goddard admitted the offences at Southend Magistrates’ Court, where he also admitted committing the offences while serving a suspended sentence.

He will be sentenced at Basildon Crown Court on December 21.