CROOKS escaped with jewellery and a Blackberry mobile phone after breaking into a house in Colchester at the weekend.
Burglars forced open a back window to get into the house in Errington Road.
It was the second burglary in the same street in a fortnight.
Cash and bank cards were taken from a house on October 28.
The latest incident happened between 3.30pm on Saturday and 1am today.
Police are appealing for witnesses.
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