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'Window cleaner' stole £15k of gold from OAP

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November 01, 2025

TRICKSTER STRUCK WHILE WOMAN, 80, WAS MAKING A CUPPA

- ISABELLE BATES News Reporter

'Window cleaner' stole £15k of gold from OAP

A CRUEL distraction burglar has been jailed after he stole £15,000 worth of gold from an elderly woman.

David Allen took the items after posing as a window cleaner to gain access to the property in Sedgley.

The 40-year-old took the gold as the 80-year-old resident left to make a cup of tea.

Allen, of Tipton Road, in Sedgley, was caught in the act on CCTV and hauled before the courts where he pleaded guilty to a charge of distraction burglary.

He has now been jailed for four years at Wolverhampton Crown Court.

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