Professional Plymouth burglar jailed for almost 50 break-ins

A PROFESSIONAL burglar who raided almost FIFTY homes in two decades has been jailed for more than three years.Heroin addict Mark Matthews, aged 46, confessed to stealing valuables worth about £30,000 since 1995, Plymouth Crown Court heard.Matthews was charged with two break-ins but owned up to police to 47 other undetected dwelling burglaries.He was caught after shining a torch into the face of a sleeping student – on a night when he burgled four homes.Jailing him for three years and...