A Felixstowe burglar has been tagged and handed a suspended jail term after being caught red-handed in a town centre house.

Ipswich Crown Court heard Stephen Savage, of Grange Road, Felixstowe, was with an accomplice going through cupboards and putting goods into a rucksack when police answered a call from neighbour who saw the burglary taking place, in July 2020.

45-year-old Savage was given a nine-month prison sentence suspended for 18 months, and told he mist adhere to an electronically monitored curfew between 7pm and 7am and a 25-day rehabilitation activity requirement, after admitting committing the burglary.

The court heard police were called after the owner of the rental property saw Savage and his co-defendant James Regan moving around inside the premises from his neighbouring property.

Police captured them trying to make their escape over a fence, while a ladder used by the men to gain entry to the house was found in the garden propped up against an open bedroom window.

Regan, 36, of Shrub End Road, Colchester, also admitted the burglary and was jailed for 876 days at an earlier hearing when the court heard he had a long criminal history including eight previous convictions for burglary and was liable for a minimum three-year sentence less credit for his guilty plea.