A WINDOW cleaner who set up a burglary at a Cambois home has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. Christopher Anderson, 24, maintained he did not commit the burglary at the home in Wilson Avenue on November 19 last year. But he visited the property several days after the break-in and told the owner he could find the missing goods. Anderson, also of Wilson Avenue, then returned nearly all of the stolen items to the homeowner before being arrested. He accepted his part in the raid when forensic scientists found his blood on a fridge inside the property. He pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary when he appeared at Newcastle Crown Court. Jailing Anderson for four-and-a-half years Judge Esmond Faulks told him: "Despite your young age you have a very bad record in relation to burglaries. "In this case you took advantage of your job as a window cleaner. "People want to be able to trust their window cleaner. "But you ransacked this home. I accept that there were a number of people involved, not just yourself. "The court was told the team of burglars made off with £100 in cash, the homeowner's underwear, compact discs and a vacuum during the raid. Robert Adams, defending, said Anderson, who was jailed for five years in 2002 for aggravated burglary, was with two others who took part in the raid.
Friday, 4 April 2008
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A WINDOW cleaner who set up a burglary at a Cambois home has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. Christopher Anderson, 24, maintained he did not commit the burglary at the home in Wilson Avenue on November 19 last year. But he visited the property several days after the break-in and told the owner he could find the missing goods. Anderson, also of Wilson Avenue, then returned nearly all of the stolen items to the homeowner before being arrested. He accepted his part in the raid when forensic scientists found his blood on a fridge inside the property. He pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary when he appeared at Newcastle Crown Court. Jailing Anderson for four-and-a-half years Judge Esmond Faulks told him: "Despite your young age you have a very bad record in relation to burglaries. "In this case you took advantage of your job as a window cleaner. "People want to be able to trust their window cleaner. "But you ransacked this home. I accept that there were a number of people involved, not just yourself. "The court was told the team of burglars made off with £100 in cash, the homeowner's underwear, compact discs and a vacuum during the raid. Robert Adams, defending, said Anderson, who was jailed for five years in 2002 for aggravated burglary, was with two others who took part in the raid.
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