A man has been charged following two burglaries in Preston. 

They happened in the Plungington area on Sunday February 4 and Saturday February 10. Items including a laptop, phone and around £900 in cash were stolen. 

Following enquiries from the South Residential Burglary Team, Paul McMullen, 53, of Lancaster Road North, Preston was arrested yesterday (February 13) and has since been charged with two counts of burglary in a dwelling.

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He will appear in court today (February 14). 

A spokesperson for police said: “Op Defender, a force wide campaign funded by Lancashire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, works to crackdown on residential burglary.

“Op Defender aims to locate and arrest offenders, take positive action to reduce residential burglary through crime prevention advice, and to safeguard and support victims of crime, keeping them at the heart of investigations.”

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