Burglar Jailed

A MAN has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for a burglary in which he stole about £2500 worth of goods. Marc Sunderland, 29, of Bozeat Way, Westwood, Peterborough, forced a rear patio door of a property in Pendleton, Peterborough, during the day on September 14 last year. He searched the house and took a lap top computer, a 40" LCD television, jewellery and a mobile phone, worth a total of about £2500, from an upstairs bedroom. When the victims arrived home from work they contacted police. Sunderland's fingerprints were discovered on a small money jar on a table in the bedroom. In police interview, Sunderland claimed he had been asked by a friend, who lived at the property, to remove the goods. However, Sunderland was not known to the victims and on Tuesday (January 11) he pleaded guilty to burglary at Peterborough Crown Court.DC John Harlock, who investigated, said: "Sunderland was identified as a suspected prolific offender as part of Operation Alert and I am confident we will see fewer burglaries with him behind bars. He initially denied burglary but changed his plea to guilty at the last minute on Tuesday."

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