WATCH: Burglar who broke into Peterborough pharmacy jailed after being caught on CCTV
Benjamin Trayford ordered to pay thousands of pounds in compensation
A man who left evidence behind at a business burglary has been jailed.
Benjamin Trayford, 32, was caught on CCTV using a brick to smash the front door of the MI Pharmacy, in Eastfield Road, Eastfield, Peterborough, in the early hours of 24 February.
He started filling a plastic bag with items before he dropped the bag and left.
Trayford, of no fixed address, was arrested a week later in Cathedral Square, Peterborough city centre, and charged with non-dwelling burglary with intent to steal.
He was jailed for a year and ordered to pay £3,000 in compensation after admitting the offence at Cambridge Magistrates’ Court on Monday (3 March).
PC Matthew Wright, who investigated, said: “Thanks to our eagle-eyed CCTV operators, we were able to arrest Trayford before he could commit any further offences.”