On 4 October last year, Martin Chatfield, 39, from Park Barn Drive in Guildford broke into a property in Pond Meadow where he proceeded to carry out a messy search of the upstairs stealing £5,000 worth of items. Chatfield then decided to leave the taps on in both the kitchen and bathroom which then flooded.

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Officers trawled through local CCTV and managed to identify Chatfield who was then charged with burglary.

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