A serial burglar nicknamed the “Barefoot Bandit” was sentenced in Seattle to six-and-a-half years in prison for charges stemming from a sensational, two-year crime spree as a sometimes-shoeless teenage runaway.

A US teenager who allegedly stole cars, boats and airplanes to dodge US law enforcement for two years was finally captured yesterday in the Bahamas, bringing an end to exploits that made the “Barefoot Bandit” a folk hero.

A US teenager who allegedly stole cars, boats and planes to dodge US law enforcement for two years was finally captured today in the Bahamas, bringing an end to exploits that made the “Barefoot Bandit” a folk hero.

TEENAGER Colton Harris-Moore, is achieving folk hero status as the “Barefoot Bandit” in the US and Canada after a string of burglaries and daredevil escapes from the law.

Eco-activists blamed for fires that destroyed three environmentally friendly millionaires-row homes and damaged two others may have used only simple materials to exploit a legal loophole and avoid a huge jail sentence, it was claimed today.