Gambling Addicts Burglarized Homes

Wimbledon burglars with £7,000 daily gambling addiction jailed

Thursday 28th March 2013

 

                                       

Timothy Whewell, 24, and Kevin Callow, 31, both from Wimbledon 

              

Two prolific burglars have received prison sentences following their conviction for a burglary in Horsham.

Timothy Whewell, 24, and Kevin Callow, 31, both from Wimbledon, received two and four years respectively after pleading guilty to the burglary at Lewes Crown Court in East Sussex on Thursday, March 21.

The court heard Whewell and Callow were career burglars with serious gambling addictions and targeted large detached homes across London and the South East to fund their habit.

 

In court both defendants admitted to carrying out over 50 burglaries mainly in Surrey and London over the last two to three years .

 

Detective Constable Andy Robinson who led the Sussex end of the investigation said: "I am pleased that both men have been jailed for a considerable amount of time.

"Burglary has a real detrimental effect on victim's lives and with Callow having a £7,000 a day gambling addiction it was unlikely that the pair of them would have stopped their criminal activity any time soon."

The burglary in Rusper Road, Horsham occurred when the owners were away on holiday in August 2012.

Police were notified by the cleaner who saw a broken window at around 8am on August 20.

The stolen Mercedes was then caught on camera leaving Horsham within 30 minutes of the reported break-in.

Cash and jewellery were also stolen but were never recovered.

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