Man charged over Cowbit burglary

A man is due in court later today (Wednesday) charged with attempted burglaries, including one in Cowbit.

Michael Dear (25)was arrested in Gunthorpe, Peterborough, on Monday night in connection with an attempted burglary there that evening.

He was further arrested while in custody in connection with an attempted burglary in Willow Court, Cowbit earlier the same day.

Dear, of Armthorpe Road in Doncaster, has since been charged with two counts of attempted burglary with intent to steal and has been remanded to appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court today.