A prolific criminal has been jailed for more than three years after a spate of burglaries and thefts across Peterborough.

Cambridgeshire police say that Lee Edwards (40) began his latest spree by burgling a house in Felsted Road, Woodston, Peterborough, at about 2am on April 29 last year.

A police spokesperson said: “Edwards got in through a back door and stole a Hyundai i30 from the driveway and a handbag containing bank cards, a laptop, and glasses.

“The victim later found her car parked in Burystead, Stanground, Peterborough.”

Police say that Edwards struck again at a house in Brewster Avenue, Woodston, on May 9 when he stole a Honda motorbike and then he broke into a building site in London Road, Woodston, at about 5am on May 13, stealing copper piping, tools, and cabling

The spokesperson said: “And Edwards then burgled a garage at a house in Clement Drive, Woodston, on May 29, stealing a Carrera bike, before stealing another bike on June 5.

“He was identified and linked to the burglaries and thefts through a combination of CCTV images and forensics before being arrested in Orchard Street, Fletton, Peterborough, on June 13.”

Edwards, of Queen’s Walk, Fletton, Peterborough, was jailed for three years and four months, having pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary at a hearing at Peterborough Crown Court on February 6.

He also pleaded guilty to two counts of theft of a motor vehicle, theft of a pedal cycle, and a further burglary, for which he received no separate penalty.

Afterwards, PC Luke Blakey, who investigated, said: “Edwards is a prolific thief and burglar who causes misery for people and businesses in Peterborough and clearly hasn’t learnt his lesson from his previous convictions.”