Man charged in connection with Downham Market burglaries

A man has been charged in connection with a number of burglaries in the Downham area.

Arron Whitehead, 26, of Fen Road in Cambridge was arrested yesterday (Thursday, March 14), and subsequently charged with seven counts of burglary and one count of attempted burglary.

He appeared at Norwich Magistrates’ Court this morning (Friday, March 15), where he was remanded in custody to appear at Norwich Crown Court on April 12.

The break-ins occurred between February 26 and March 9 including:

• Bexwell Road where stamps and old coins were stolen

• Bexwell Road on March 1 where an attempt was made to break into a property, but nothing was stolen

• Paradise Road sometime between February 28 and March 2, where bottles of alcohol and clothing items were stolen
• Paradise Road sometime between March 1 and 4, where an address was broken into but no items stolen

• Bexwell Road on March 1, where a property was broken into, but no items stolen
• Bexwell Road on February 27 when a gym bag, jewellery and perfume were stolen from an address
• Broomhill some time between March 7 and 11 where jewellery was stolen

• Station Road in Ten Mile Bank where cash, a games console and a set of keys were stolen on March 9