50 year old Jesse Webb has been sentenced to 4 years and 8 months after pleading guilty to burglary, theft, fraud, and attempted burglary.
It’s reported he often targeted the elderly, and in one case posed as a carer to steal a handbag from a care home resident.
Webb was caught through CCTV and a public tip-off in Woking, and stolen bank cards were recovered before any money was spent.
Webb was identified as a significant suspect following a series of burglaries across Walton and West Byfleet in May this year.
The burglaries followed a similar theme of targeting vulnerable people, often elderly, during daylight hours, entering their homes before stealing bank cards and cash.
Care homes were also targeted and, on one occasion, Webb told the victim that he was a carer attending for a visit before snatching their handbag.
Webb was identified through lengthy CCTV enquiries which showed him using the victim’s bank cards.
Investigating officers PC King and PC Lightburn began conducting further intelligence on Webb and discovered that he was linked to other offences in Hampshire.
On the 4th of June, a member of the public identified Webb in Woking town centre following a media appeal.
Officers dispatched and he was quickly arrested.
Upon arrest, it was discovered that he had bank cards in his possession that were not in his name.
Enquiries to trace his steps determined that these had been stolen from handbags of people who had been volunteering at a Church service nearby.
Officers intercepted Webb before he had the opportunity to spend any money on these cards. The actions of officers were so swift that the owners of the bank cards had not yet noticed them missing until contact from police shortly after.
