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A PROLIFIC burglar, caught again, has been locked up to await sentencing. Stephen Chandler had already clocked up 21 burglaries – 11 home break-ins and 10 of non-dwelling buildings. On Tuesday, June 11, he appeared in the dock at Reading Crown Court for sentencing for his latest conviction – attempting to burgle a shed in Newbury on October 24 last year. Surita Basra, prosecuting, said: “This defendant has a long, substantial record of acquisitive crimes. “This may be because he is someone addicted to drugs.” Last April the Newbury Weekly News reported how Chandler had been sent back to prison…

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