Crime

THAMES Valley Police is appealing for witnesses following a robbery in Reading.

THIEVES broke into a shed on Elgar Road in South Readig last week and stole a bike.

A SHOPLIFTER in Reading turned out to be a wanted man ? from an incident in Blackpool two years ago.

At around 10.35pm on Wednesday, February 23, the victim, a woman in her 20s, was out running when she was followed by a black vehicle.

Patrick Benjamin, 43, of Lulworth Road, Reading, was sentenced to 13 years in prison at Reading Crown Court on Wednesday, February 23.

The incident occurred between 8pm and 8.15pm on Tuesday, February 22, at a Tesco store on Tilehurst Road.

On the evening of Monday, February 21, unknown offender broken into shed on Elgar Road and stole a bike.

Quantities of blood were reported in Broad Street, Duke Street and Jackson?s Corner at around 7am on Tuesday, February 22.

ON THURSDAY, February 17, offenders smashed the rear window of a property in Carters Rise, Calcot.

A MAN was attacked by a gang wielding weapons including a hammer and a baseball bat, leaving him with serious injuries.