Raider Andrew Donoghue ran from the Dulsie Road, Bournemouth property when the victim woke up at midnight. The same man was also found inside a property in Rosemount Road in Bournemouth. Donoghue, 38, of Suffolk Road, Bournemouth admitted two charges of burglary and was jailed for four years and four months when he appeared before Bournemouth Crown Court. At around midnight on Monday September 21 last year the occupant of a home in Dulsie Road was asleep when they woke to find an intruder going through the drawers in their room. The man ran out of the room and out of the front door.
A MAN who broke into a Bournemouth home while the occupants slept has been handed down a three year prison sentence. Colin Wayne Gill, aged 47 and of St Peters Road, Basingstoke, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Thursday, February 25, after being found guilty of burglary and admitting three counts of fraud by false representation. The court was told that Gill broke in while the family living there were all asleep. He stole a purse which contained bank cards. They were subsequently notified that their cards had been used at nearby stores including petrol stations in Bath Road and Holdenhurst Road with the transactions totalling £48.76.
FOREST A PURSE was stolen after a distraction burglary in West Moors. Dorset Police say at around 10am on Friday (January 29) the victim received a phone call from a man claiming to work for a new company that dealt with radiators. The victim said that her radiators needed bleeding at her address in Teasel Way. Between midday and 3pm that day, two men attended her home address wearing high-visibility jackets and carrying clipboards. They looked at all the radiators, before one of the men asked to look at any external pipes. The victim and one of the men then went outside.
The victim subsequently noticed that her purse had been stolen. Police are now appealing for witnesses to come forwards with regard to this burglary. Detective Sergeant Karen Penn, of Dorset Police’s Priority Crime Team, said: I am appealing to anyone who was in the area on Friday afternoon and saw two men wearing high-visibility jackets to please get in touch. I would urge residents to check their home CCTV systems for any footage of the men in the area or any vehicles seen acting suspiciously around the relevant time. Finally, I would like to remind people not to accept work from cold callers, whether this is over the phone or in person. Representatives from utility companies, local authorities or the police will always happily show their identification.