A prolific burglar who told police ‘you’re lucky I’m not grooming girls’ after being arrested over a string of raids worth more than £19,000 has been jailed for three years and four months.
Neville Stanbury, 58, stole laptops, mobile phones, iPads and other electronic equipment from businesses across the City of London between December 2025 and April 2026, despite being banned from entering the Square Mile under a ten-year criminal behaviour order.
Southwark Crown Court heard Stanbury carried out seven burglaries and attempted an eighth, targeting offices, barristers’ chambers and businesses including insurance firm Zego, finance company VFX Financial, IT firm Wavenet
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