Overview
- Reece Wheat, 28, pleaded guilty at Nottingham Magistrates' Court to three burglaries and two thefts.
- Police say the offences targeted three Nottingham properties between November 28 and December 12, with thousands of pounds taken.
- CCTV on November 28 and December 1 showed the intruder drinking Red Bull, and discarded cans recovered at the scenes were forensically linked to Wheat.
- A rapid area search after the December 12 break-in led officers to identify Wheat with stolen cash, and he was detained shortly afterward.
- Nottinghamshire Police credited extensive inquiries and the weight of forensic and video evidence for prompting Wheat's admission.