Bogus workman jailed for five years for targeting elderly
A bogus workman who targeted elderly and vulnerable victims in a string of burglaries has been jailed for five years.
Samuel Davey stole cash and personal documents from the homes of his victims in Halesowen and Dudley – one of whom was 93, Wolverhampton Crown Court heard yesterday.
The 25-year-old, of Snowdon Grove, Halesowen, had posed as a window cleaner and told another victim he was fixing a fence next door before stealing money in two separate distraction burglaries.
But police tracked him down after his DNA was found on towels and a pen at their properties.
Mr Nicholas Burn, prosecuting, said Davey had appeared inside the home of a 93-year-old in Stourbridge Road, Halesowen, on April 24 and told her he was fixing a fence for a next door neighbour.
After he left, she realised he had taken her handbag containing around £40 in cash.
Mr Burn said he had targeted the home of an 85-year-old woman in Alma Street, Halesowen, less than a month before.
