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Lowestoft burglar jailed for almost seven years broke into home while elderly resident slept downstairs




A Lowestoft man has been jailed over a string of burglaries and other offences.

At Ipswich Crown Court last Thursday, 34-year-old Shane McRoberts, of Ailmar Close, was jailed for six years and nine months.

Following his arrest on November 7, he pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary, one count of attempted burglary, three counts of fraud by false representation and one count of possession of cannabis.

Shane McRoberts was jailed last week. Credit: Suffolk Constabulary
Shane McRoberts was jailed last week. Credit: Suffolk Constabulary

In one of the burglaries, McRoberts entered a home while an elderly resident slept downstairs.

All these offences took place in Lowestoft between October and November 2022.

Last month, while on remand in prison, McRoberts admitted to a further 16 burglary offences – including seven dwelling burglaries, one attempted burglary, three burglaries at commercial premises and five shed burglaries.

These took place between August 2021 and November 2022.

Detective Inspector Jamie Rose said: "Shane McRoberts was prolific in his offending and would have continued to cause suffering to more victims given the opportunity.

"Many of these crimes involved deliberately targeting properties where he believed the occupants may be either elderly or vulnerable.

"Following the exceptional work of our team at East CID to get him charged with seven offences, the Operation Converter Team then built on this and did further great work to get him to admit to a further 16 offences which were TIC’d.

"As a result, that has enabled us to detect 23 crimes in total attributed to McRoberts and I’m sure all the victims of these crimes will be both pleased and relieved to see that the court has handed down a lengthy sentence."