Peterborough man charged with distraction burglaries

A man from Peterborough has been charged with burgling elderly people across the country.

A 39-year-old man from Hampton Vale, Peterborough, was arrested in North Wales on 19 July in connection with three distraction burglaries in Cambridgeshire, Cheshire and North Wales.

Following joint work between all three forces, he has been charged with three counts of distraction burglary relating to:

• A 98-year-old woman at her home in Warwick Road, Werrington, Peterborough, on 24 June
• An 86-year-old woman at her home in Stanney Lane, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, on 16 July
• A 76-year-old man at his home in Heron Close, Broughton, North Wales, on 16 July

He has been remanded in prison to appear at Mold Crown Court on 19 August.