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A man who took a number of parcels from people’s doorsteps and broke into two homes has been jailed.
Robert Martin, 38, of Brown Edge, was sentenced to one-year-and-four-months behind bars after he admitted four counts of theft and two counts of burglary.
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The first theft happened on 16 April this year. Martin took an Amazon parcel from the front of a house. Inside was a wig that had been ordered by the victim who was undergoing cancer treatment.
Then, on 8 June, he broke into a home in Newcastle-under-Lyme. He woke up the victim at about 1.50am and made off after taking a bicycle from inside and riding it off.
Four days later, he took another parcel that had been left inside a front door lobby in Burslem. He took another parcel from a doorstep in Stafford on 17 June. Two days later, he took another parcel in Stone.
On 30 August, he was out again, this time taking a parcel from a doorstep in Birches Head.
We were able to link him forensically to a number of the thefts and identified him from CCTV footage at the scene of his crimes.
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