A
burglar, caught by police who spotted him walking along the street
with a laptop and a connected lead trailing behind him, has been
jailed for four years.
Jobless
Colin James Reid, 34, (pictured) of Weir Hall Avenue, Upper Edmonton
also had a break-in kit of gloves, screwdriver and torch.
He
was convicted of burgling a ground floor flat in Boundary Road, Wood
Green and going equipped for theft on August 24, last year.
Wood
Green Crown Court heard Reid was seen at 1.00am by officers from
Haringey's Proactive Crime Team as he
walked along Westbury Avenue.
He
fled, but was caught in nearby Grainger Road and was linked to a
burglary minutes earlier in which he jumped through an open window,
waking the occupants as he landed on the floor.
He
snatched the laptop and escaped via the front door.
Investigating
officer Detective Constable Wendy Mason, of Haringey CID Aquisitive
Crime Unit, said: "The officers that spotted Reid carrying the
laptop and stopped and searched him before the burglary was even
reported did a fantastic job.
“Without
their instinct and professionalism this successful prosecution
wouldn't have been possible."
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