Three people have been charged after a woman woke up to find a burglar inside her home.
After she disturbed him, the burglar fled with her belongings, including a bank card which went on to be used in nearby shops.
She called 999, and police quickly checked the area before arresting two men and a woman.
Jason Knight, 37, Stefan Gilmore, 33, and Victoria Hayes-Sparkes, 31, were subsequently charged – Knight with burglary and fraud by false representation, and the other two with assisting an offender.
The break-in happened on 28 April at around 6.30am in Waterloo Street. The trio appeared at Brighton Magistrates’ Court the following day.
Knight, of Chailey Road, Brighton was remanded into custody while Gilmore, of no fixed address, and Hayes-Sparkes, of Grand Parade, Brighton, were conditionally bailed from court.
They will appear together at Lewes Crown Court on 27 May.
Sussex Police today asked anyone with footage or information to report, to contact them online, or by calling 101 quoting reference 196 of 28/04.
Any idea what they brought? Shocking tbh. This is happening all over the city, this addiction issue is a disgrace, two are homeless from the report, it’s shocking. Just last month the same thing happened to me. Was woken at 5am to an intruder in my flat. Hearing today a 98 year old women in woodingdean woke up at a similar time to a man in her home.
This is the 1980s all over again.
But worse. The drugs & crime in this city is through the roof.
Lock your doors and windows B&H and get baseball bats. This is the reality here now! Labour have just sat on there hands on this issue, crappy reports, same old broken system. They have let citizens down badly. Tomorrow the country will send a big message to labour!
Good point. What you should do is move out to one of those towns or cities that have no crime or drug issues whatsoever.
Labour should put some many into policing rather than just breakfast and benefits
Labour have done a fair bit on policing:
Invested £200 million to put more boots on the streets, introduced the Crime and Policing Bill, scrapped immunity for low-value theft to combat shoplifting, created a specific new offence for assaulting retail workers, and removed the need for a warrant to search properties where stolen items are electronically located, new powers to intervene in failing forces. And, something I think is really important, establish specialist rape and sexual offences teams in every police force and fast-track rape cases through specialist courts.
Oh, and pulling 200,000 children out of poverty, which can be a risk factor for young people turning to crime in the first place. And yes, ensuring children are fed at least a decent meal at breakfast whilst at school. Do you not think children deserve to be fed and looked after?
Do you ever feel like you are wasting your time outlining facts etc? It’s not like it’ll make a blind bit of difference to anyone who has decided that Labour are at fault for everything, and that the nation as a whole was a halcyon place before 2024.
Hmm, it’s a good question…I think the most vocal and prominent of us on here are quite set in our opinions, although I do try to listen to a reasoned debate when it’s presented, rare as they are. There are plenty of silent readers, though!
For me, I think that if a narrative is never challenged, there’s no opportunity for others to think differently. Exposure and calm repetition of facts also help to break down arguments of fear and hatred, which seem to be ever more prevalent these days. You miss 100% of the shots you never take, right?
Troll and Engagement Farming alert…
Wait and see Labour will surprise everyone at local elections today. Unemployment down. Inflation down. Businesses booming. People feel safer. People forget that.
Labour kill business. Always have. Always will.
Between conservative and more so labour our Great Britain has gone.. they are more concerned with helping illegal immigrants with housing and benefits.