A brazen Sunderland burglar gave himself away just hours after stealing designer clothes, a computer, booze and a handbag full of bank cards from a Washington home - by using the bank cards just hours later.
Liam Miles, 32, has now been jailed for two years and five months. The burglary took place on January 15 this year at a home in Redshank Close, Ayton. Northumbria Police said the occupants reported how they awoke at 7.30am that day to find their patio door ajar and a string of valuables missing.
Miles used the stolen cards just hours later, and police found him hiding in the "base of a bed" the same day. He later pleaded guilty to burglary and fraud and was sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court on Wednesday, March 8.
