Burglar who targeted same Margate home twice is jailed

Manderson was caught on CCTV

A burglar who targeted the same Margate home twice in a matter of months has been jailed for three years.

Andrew Manderson broke into the property in Ethelbert Terrace on Friday, August 16 last year and stole mobile phones, computers and cash. But he left behind a glove and tests carried out by Kent Police confirmed it contained his DNA.

After the burglary the victim installed CCTV and while on holiday on Tuesday, October 8 received an alert on his phone that the camera had been activated. The camera captured the image of a man stealing a mixing desk.

Officers identified 48-year-old Manderson as the person caught on camera and he was arrested. The stolen mixing desk was among some of the items found by officers at Manderson’s home.

Manderson, of Ethelbert Terrace, Cliftonville, admitted the two burglaries and was sentenced at Canterbury Crown Court on Monday, January 20.

Investigating officer Detective Constable Allison Bridges said: “To target the same property twice shows a complete lack of consideration for the victim and the upset that would have been caused.

“Fortunately the victim’s decision to install CCTV paid off and Andrew Manderson is now off the streets and unable to steal anymore.”

3 Comments

  1. Manderson is just one of the pathetic cretins that converge on Thanet and burgle our residents. He obviously has illegally entered many other homes. If he does again, on being released, he should sit for six years, or, get fitted with one of those tags that signals his whereabouts directly to the Police…. for LIFE!

  2. He is a complete waste of space and should be given far more than 3 years. The stupid things the police say “ Investigating officer Detective Constable Allison Bridges said: “To target the same property twice shows a complete lack of consideration for the victim and the upset that would have been caused.”

    Never mind screwing the gaff twice it’s bad enough he done it once.

  3. They are a waste of rations these people! The UK has some 4,000 islands, mostly uninhabited, fit them out for retired Gurkha guards, two weeks on one off, and concentrate these useless waste of space people in them. Oh! wait a minute, hasn’t that been tried before?

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