Chelmsley Wood sneak-in burglar jailed

A repeat burglar who broke into a house in Chelmsley Wood in order to fund his drug habit has today (23 March) been jailed for 2 years 10 months.

Peter Goodman, aged 37, and of Waterson Croft, slipped into the Dunster Road home overnight via an unlocked patio door on 21 March, while the householders were asleep upstairs. 

He stole a handbag and Samsung tablet from the kitchen before sneaking out and back up the road to his home address.

Goodman was caught by officers after they examined CCTV