A burglar who stole children’s toys as well as high-value office kit will spend Christmas on remand – after no interpreter was available for his sentencing.

Konrad Peotrovskae, 34, appeared before Oxford Crown Court on Friday expecting to be sentenced for a string of burglaries on offices and one house, committed between December 2021 and August this year.

In one break-in – of a house in Crescent Road, Cowley, on August 30 – he made off with children’s toys, laptops, jewellery and other belongings worth £3,000.

Other burglaries on the Oxford business park in Cowley saw him get away with computer equipment worth thousands of pounds.

Kellie Enever, defending, told Judge Maria Lamb on Friday that there was no Polish interpreter available for her client. Although he had ‘conversational’ English and was keen to be sentenced, she raised concerns about going ahead without an interpreter.

Judge Lamb agreed, telling Peotrovskae: “I am sorry that it’s not possible to deal with your sentencing hearing here today. But it is sensible you have the services of an interpreter so there is no misunderstanding about anything.”

The case will be heard on January 6, when Peotrovskae is expected to be sentenced. As he was taken down from the dock on Friday afternoon he thanked the judge.

In November, Peotrovskae, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty at the magistrates' court to eight counts of burglary and a charge of cannabis possession.

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This story was written by Tom Seaward. He joined the team in 2021 as Oxfordshire's court and crime reporter.  

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