Southend: Creeper burglars strike twice

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Two homes in the same street have been targeted by burglars while the occupants were asleep inside.

At the first, a house in Surbiton Road, Southend, burglars got in through a window which had been left open on the ground floor.

Once an untidy search had been carried out, a mobile phone, cash, stereo system and keys to a car outside were stolen, together worth £440.

Although a £6,000 car was stolen from outside the house, it was later recovered.

A further creeper burglary took place at a flat in the same street, using the same method of climbing through an open window.

This time a DVD player was taken, along with other goods.

Published Tuesday August 20, 2002

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