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'Third-strike' burglar jailed after raid on student's flat
The Sentinel
|November 20, 2025
Prolific thief notches up his 259th offence
BURGLAR Lee Beard has been jailed after he broke into a student flat while the victim was away.
The 52-year-old, who has a lengthy criminal record with 258 offences including 177 for theft offences, cut or burnt through a cable to enter through a window at Poulson House in Spark Street, Stoke.
Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard he carried out an untidy search and spent some time there before taking a £150 hoodie and leaving. But he was linked to the crime after leaving his fingerprints at the scene. Now Beard, who is a 'third-strike burglar,' has been sentenced to 876 days in prison.
This story is from the November 20, 2025 edition of The Sentinel.
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