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17:14 03/11/2021
A Portsmouth man has been sentenced to two years and five months in prison after pleading guilty to burgling a house on Locksway Road.
Michael John Smith, 35, of Warwick Crescent, Southsea, appeared at Portsmouth Crown Court on Monday (1 November), having been charged with burglary.
The sentence comes after we received a report on Monday 25 September that a house on Locksway Road had been broken into shortly after 11am.
The court heard how Smith entered a garage at the property, taking a pair of gardening gloves before breaking into the house via a dog flap in the back door.
Several items were stolen including jewellery worth more than £7000. The items were later recovered.
DS Deborah Mason, from the eastern Operation Hawk team, said: “Residential burglaries are despicable crimes and the distress they cause to victims is immeasurable.
“We are pleased that Smith is facing the consequences of his crime and we hope that this sentence reassures our communities that we take these offences very seriously. We will always investigate all available lines of enquiry to identify those responsible and bring them to justice.”
We would like to take this opportunity to remind you of some simple ways that you can protect your property:
For more crime prevention advice regarding house burglaries, visit https://www.hampshire.police.uk/cp/crime-prevention/protect-home-crime/