A 44-year-old from Welland, Peterborough, has been jailed for burglary after he left a couple without a bank card and a pair of trousers on New Year's Day 2024.

Ryan Casey targeted a house in Bradgate Drive, Welland, between 2am and 7am on Monday, January 1 2024.

The victim woke up to find her handbag and her partner's trousers were missing from their home, so she called her bank to cancel her bank card.

However, her bank informed her that several transactions had been made on the card overnight at Morrison's Daily Petrol Station in Eye Road.

Casey had spent £61.20 on various items, including drinks and tobacco, and the card had been declined twice.

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He was later identified on CCTV and was arrested in the city centre on Wednesday, March 13.

On Tuesday 23 July, at Huntingdon Law Courts, Casey, of Tilton Court, Welland, Peterborough, was jailed for 32 months, having pleaded guilty to burglary and fraud.

PC Hannon, from the northern acquisitive crime team, said: "Burglary leaves victims feeling incredibly vulnerable in their homes, so it is good news Casey has brought to justice.

"Burglary is a force priority, and we will do everything we can to get burglars to court to answer for their crimes."