A bungling burglar was snared after he was captured on camera stealing £4,500-worth of vapes and cigarettes from a shop.
John Sanderson and two others broke into Grainger News, in Newcastle City Centre, when the store was closed and loaded up bags with goods from behind the counter. A court heard that, as well as the smoking products, the 34-year-old and his accomplices also helped themselves to the till.
Unbeknown to the hapless crooks, they were caught on CCTV both in and outside the shop and two of the three were identified. Sanderson, of Milway, in Deckham, Gateshead, was arrested and appeared before magistrates in Newcastle to plead guilty to one count of burglary of a non-dwelling.
