Overview
- Local outlets published police body-worn video showing officers uncovering 58-year-old Carl Thomas under a pile of coats during an October 30 search in a Hucknall home.
- Nottinghamshire Police say CCTV tied him to a break-in on October 3, when a handbag was stolen and the bankcard was tried at a shop.
- Officers also linked him to an attempted garage break-in on September 14 at another Hucknall address.
- Thomas pleaded guilty in January to burglary, attempted burglary and fraud by false representation, and Nottingham Crown Court later imposed an 876-day sentence.
- Detective Sergeant Adam Penn called the search a “game of cat and mouse,” underscoring how CCTV and body-worn video help police identify suspects and secure charges in local burglary cases.