News----Bungling Stechford Crook Raids Solihull Ho
 

A Bungling crook was jailed when he burgled the house of a resident working in the security business.Drug addict Benjamin Hodge was caught on surveillance cameras raiding the home in Kingsleigh Drive, Castle Bromwich, which was also fitted with several other anti-intruder devices. He was locked up for 18 months after he admitted burglary, theft, and going equipped for theft. Hayley Firman, prosecuting,securitycamera2000.com/categories/Car-Electronics/Car-DVRs/:securitycamera2000.com/categories/Car-Electronics/Car-DVRs/]car dvr, told Warwick Crown Court that the break-in happened less than a month after Hodge, 30, of Orpwood Road, Stechford, was given a community sentence for a house burglary in March. He took two watches, two laptop computers, £1,500 in cash and a mobile phone from the Castle Bromwich address. Miss Firman said Hodge and another person were seen acting suspiciously in a Monsoon clothes store in Solihull town centre five days later. They were stopped outside and Hodge was detained by a security officer with a foil-lined bag containing two dresses,securitycamera2000.com/categories/DVR-%28Digital-Video-Record%29-Cards:securitycamera2000.com/categories/DVR-%28Digital-Video-Record%29-Cards]DVR cards, which were worth £60 each.He denied being involved in the theft and was bailed but was arrested again a few days later after a police officer recognised him from the surveillance images of the burglary.