Man charged with two burglaries in Dover

A burglar has been charged after jewellery and electronic equipment was stolen from homes in Dover. Kent Police received a report that a laptop, a tablet computer, a mobile phone, jewellery and other items had been stolen from a house in Dour Street, Dover on 30 December 2019. Then on 8 January 2020, a resident of Johannesburg Road, Dover reported that a tablet computer, three watches and a number of items of jewellery had been taken from her home. Kevin Chapman, 36, was arrested in Hastings, East Sussex on  7 February 2020 in relation to the two burglaries. He has since been charged two counts of burglary and making off without payment from a hotel in Dover on 7 January 2020 and a hotel in Canterbury on 9 January 2020. Chapman, of Carnoustie Close, St Leonards-on-Sea, appeared before Medway Magistrates Court on Monday 17 January and was remanded in custody until his next court appearance on 16 March 2020.