Police urge vigilance after Exeter burglary

Police in Exeter have issued a warning following a burglary in the city today, Friday, 24 January 2014.

The incident took place at a house on Mincinglake Road, Stoke Hill at around 11.25 am.

A man knocked on the front door of the property and told the occupant – a woman in her 80s – that his football was in her back garden.

As the victim went to unlock the back gate, the suspect entered the front door and went upstairs.

The woman shouted at him and the man left the scene empty-handed.

The suspect is described as being around 30-years-old and 5ft 6in tall. He was wearing a dark woolly hat.

PC Andrew Boundy said: “We are concerned that this man may try this again and we ask local householders to be vigilant.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Police on 1010 or Crimestoppers in confidence, quoting reference DE/14/812.