A MAN has been charged in connection with two burglaries – one of which was carried out on crutches.
Police were called to a flat in New Church Road, Hove, on April 12 following reports of an ongoing burglary.
Officers arrived and confronted the intruder.
He was able to escape by smashing through a ground floor window and fleeing through a neighbouring garden.
He left a trail of blood from an injury to his leg, police said.
After an extensive search, he was found in a garden in Portland Road after a member of the public reported a man with a serious leg injury.
He was arrested on suspicion of burglary, taken to hospital for treatment and released on conditional bail.
On April 19, a member of the public reported a man on crutches breaking into a property in Egginton Road, Brighton, before leaving the area on a bus.
Officers attended. He was arrested on suspicion of burglary.
William Djama, 33, of Buckingham Street, Brighton, was charged with two counts of burglary and remanded in custody pending a hearing on May 19.
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