The burglar was arrested within four hours of the break in
A Nottingham burglar was caught within four hours of a break-in at a Nottingham pub after a patrolling police officer recognised him from CCTV footage. Nottinghamshire Police were called after the intruder alarm was set off at Lloyds No.1 bar, in Carlton Street, at around 2.30am on Wednesday, May 29.
No knife was produced but the burglar – now known to be 35-year-old Jonathan Blundell – exited the pub after unlocking a pair of bolted doors. The manager followed Blundell into the street and, with the help of two members of the public, retrieved the collection boxes.Blundell fled the scene but was detained hours later when a police officer who had viewed CCTV footage of the break-in recognised him from his distinctive jumper after going out on patrol in the city centre.
Blundell, of no fixed address, appeared at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, May 30, and admitted both offences. He received a seven-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, and was ordered to attend a drug rehabilitation programme. “Thanks to some excellent police work, we were able to arrest and charge Blundell within hours of him burgling the pub. I’m pleased he has already been sentenced for his crimes, for which there can be no justification.
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