Jail for ‘window cleaner’ who preyed on pensioners

A bogus window cleaner who ransacked pensioners’ homes after asking if he could use their toilet was jailed for more than five years. David Hampshire, 28, told elderly homeowners he needed the loo, then nipped into his elderly victims’ bedrooms to swipe their jewellery. Hampshire turned up to clean a 69-year-old woman’s windows in Rosedale Road, Dagenham, Essex, and asked if could use the bathroom last September. The pensioner later realised some items of jewellery was missing and reported her…

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