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NEWS Guardian reporter Tegan Chapman has been making the headlines herself after picking up a top regional award. The 27-year-old was named Weekly Journalist of the Year at the Tom Cordner North East Press Awards while also being highly commended in the Community Journalism category. She was presented with certificates, a glass trophy, two paper weights and a cheque. Tegan, who started working at the News Guardian in 2005, impressed judges with her stories on the appeal to raise £50,000 for Whitley Bay youngster Lily Gordon to receive treatment in the US and work by Rotarians in India and Nepal.
Burglar struck after noticing window left unlocked By Tegan Chapman tegan.chapman@northeast-press.co.uk
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AN opportunist thief has been jailed for burglary. Anthony Thompson got into a house in Wallsend through an unlocked window in October, Newcastle Crown Court heard last week. The 20-year-old, of Cross Avenue, Wallsend, pleaded guilty to burglary. Prosecuting, Paul Rowland told the court that a haul worth £380 – including an electric razor, handbag, purse, cash and car keys – was stolen from the Wallsend house. A Hyundai car parked outside was stolen using the keys taken from the house, but it was later recovered after a police chase. “The defendant’s fingerprints were inside both doors of the missing vehicle when it was recovered,” said Mr Rowland, but Thompson insisted he was not in the car while it was being pursued by the police.
Thief locked up for year for break-in Thompson also admitted being involved in the earlier burglary of a Sunderland delicatessen. Mark Harrison, for the defence, said: “There was no confrontation and no sign of planning. “He was in debt and is easily led, and he also carries the can for his involvement in the Sunderland burglary, which was a relatively peripheral role.”
Sentencing him to 12 months in prison, Judge Paul Sloan told Thompson: “You were on bail for burgling the delicatessen in Sunderland when you committed this burglary. “The victim was alone in bed upstairs, and you entered the property through an insecure window, and items were stolen. In addition, the car keys to her Hyundai, valued at £13,000, were stolen.”
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