Man charged after laptop, phone and cash stolen from Plungington

A person has been charged following two burglaries in Preston. 

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They occurred within the Plungington space on Sunday February 4 and Saturday February 10. Objects together with a laptop computer, telephone and round £900 in money have been stolen. 

Following enquiries from the South Residential Housebreaking Staff, Paul McMullen, 53, of Lancaster Highway North, Preston was arrested yesterday (February 13) and has since been charged with two counts of housebreaking in a dwelling.

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He’ll seem in courtroom in the present day (February 14). 

A spokesperson for police stated: “Op Defender, a pressure vast marketing campaign funded by Lancashire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, works to crackdown on residential housebreaking.

“Op Defender goals to find and arrest offenders, take constructive motion to scale back residential housebreaking via crime prevention recommendation, and to safeguard and assist victims of crime, protecting them on the coronary heart of investigations.”

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