Woman walks in on thieves

A woman came home to find two thieves rifling through her possessions.

The shocked 59-year-old disturbed the pair as they ransacked her St Leonards house in broad daylight.

She returned home to find the men raiding her Glen Prosen property of jewellery after breaking in on Wednesday, May 9.

The first suspect is described as around 30 years old and 6ft tall with a medium build and black wavy hair. He was wearing a blue zipper with dark jogging bottoms.

There was no description of the second suspect.

Police are appealing for witnesses to get in touch. Call 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111 quoting incident number 1967 of 09/05/18.

Information is also being sought after a number of sheds were targeted by an opportunist thief.

At around 3.40am on Tuesday, May 8 a Westwood resident was awoken by a noise within their Netherton Road property – and found their shed had been broken into.

Police later discovered sheds in neighbouring gardens had also been targeted.

Call police on 101 quoting incident number 0366 of 08/05/18 or Crimestoppers.