A man has been jailed for burgling the home of a vulnerable pensioner. George Borg entered the woman’s house in Riverside, Cardiff, on the morning of April 6 and stole her mobile phone, according to South Wales Police.
The act was caught on CCTV which had recently been installed in the woman's house by her family to keep her safe as she was prone to falling, a spokesman for the force said. Borg asked the 73-year-old woman, who is disabled, if she had any money before stealing her mobile phone and walking away.
Using retrospective facial recognition on the CCTV image detectives identified the suspect as 64-year-old Borg – someone who was known to police. He was arrested the following day, charged, and later pleaded guilty to burglary. Borg, from Butetown, later returned to Cardiff Crown Court where he was sentenced to two and a half years in prison.
