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A burglar captured on CCTV breaking into a hair salon has been jailed for a year – one day after being arrested for the crime.
Mark Dunn, from Chatham , twice targeted the business last weekend, with security cameras capturing him searching through a till before leaving with numerous bits of styling equipment, including hair extensions.
Watch: CCTV which helped Kent Police officers identify Mark Dunn. Video supplied by Kent Police
The 41-year-old, of Maidstone Road, admitted two counts of burglary and was sentenced at Medway Magistrates’ Court yesterday (Wednesday).
Dunn broke into the Rochester High Street hairdressers at around 10.30pm on Saturday. Footage captured him forcing open a glass door panel to get in. He opened the till, but it contained no money.
Undeterred, he returned seven hours later, with a woman, and helped himself to a variety of equipment, including hairdryers, straighteners and hair extensions.
The break-in was discovered when staff arrived at the store on Monday morning.
Police were quick to gather CCTV and immediately recognised Dunn from the footage. He was arrested the following evening when a constable on routine patrol spotted him in Railway Street.
Dunn was charged during the early hours of yesterday and remanded in custody to appear at Medway Magistrates’ Court. He was sentenced during his remand hearing.
DC Dan Bister, from Kent Police’s Chief Constable’s Crime Squad, said: "It is exceptionally pleasing to have obtained a good result for the victims of this crime in such quick time.
"We do not underestimate the impact offending of this nature has on businesses and will always put together the strongest possible case to ensure offenders are removed from the streets."
Jody Mayne, 44, of Maidstone Road, Chatham, has also been charged with one count of burglary and she has been released on bail to appear at Medway Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, December 23.
