A CRIMINAL who carried out burglaries in Oxfordshire has been jailed for a total of five and a half years.

Lawrence Connors, of no fixed abode, admitted three burglaries and another count of handling stolen goods.

He carried out two burglaries in Horton-Cum-Studley and another in Howard Street, Oxford.

He also admitted carrying out a distraction burglary in Milton Keynes.

Connors, aged 24, was sentenced at Northampton Crown Court on December 5.