Two men who posed as workmen to carry out a spate of commercial burglaries across London – including the theft of more than a quarter of a million pounds from a high street bank – have been sentenced to jail.

Paul Thompson 50, of Carlisle Avenue, Ealing was sentenced to three years in jail at Snaresbrook Crown Court after pleading guilty to being involved in four burglaries between August and September 2019. He had previously pleaded guilty to stealing a car from Lemna Road, Leytonstone between Monday, 2 and Tuesday, 3 September 2019.