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A man who took a number of parcels from people’s doorsteps and broke into two homes in north Staffordshire has been jailed.

Robert Martin, 38, of Brown Edge, was sentenced to one-year-and-four-months behind bars after he admitted four counts of theft and two counts of burglary.

The first theft happened on 16 April this year. Martin took an Amazon parcel from the front of a house. Inside was a wig that had been ordered by the victim who was undergoing cancer treatment.

Then, on 8 June, he broke into a home in Newcastle-under-Lyme. He woke up the victim at about 1.50am and made off after taking a bicycle from inside and riding it off.

Four days later, he took another parcel that had been left inside a front door lobby in Burslem. He took another parcel from a doorstep in Stafford on 17 June. Two days later, he took another parcel in Stone.

On 30 August, he was out again, this time taking a parcel from a doorstep in Birches Head.

Police were able to link him forensically to a number of the thefts and identified him from CCTV footage at the scene of his crimes.