Charge over robbed OAP; CRIME: Blind pensioner died after home targeted.Byline: By Mark Cowan CRIME CORRESPONDENT A MAN has been charged with robbing a blind pensioner PENSIONER. One who is supported by an allowance at the will of another. It is more usually applied to him who receives an annuity or pension from the government. who died three weeks after his Birmingham home had been targeted in a distraction burglary. Detectives said the 26-year-old man had also been charged with a string of other burglaries across the West Midlands and Staffordshire. Kenneth Myatt, 85, fell ill and was admitted to hospital a day after he reported a bogus official- type burglary at his home in Allen's Farm Road, Northfield, last September. Just pounds 5 in loose change kept in a small storage jar was taken during the incident. Mr Myatt, a "well respected" member of the community who had been blind for 40 years, died in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Queen Elizabeth Hospital can refer to one of several hospitals named after either Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom or Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: Australia
The former telephone assembler had complained of being pushed during the incident but officers have found no link between the incident and his injuries. His family has been informed of the breakthrough On the same day that Mr Myatt was targeted, there were four other similar burglaries on elderly people living within a two kilometre radius of his Northfield home. Det Insp Richard Mayhew, from Bournville Lane CID Cid or Cid Campeador (sĭd, Span. thēth kämpāäthōr`) [Span.,=lord conqueror], d. 1099, Spanish soldier and national hero, whose real name was Rodrigo (or Ruy) Díaz de Vivar. , said the man had last night been charged with robbery in connection with the incident at Mr Myatt's house. He had also been charged with conspiracy to commit 39 burglaries between April and October last year. A total of 22 of those charges relate to offences within the West Midlands area. The remaining 17 charges relate to offences in Staffordshire. A West Midlands Police West Midlands Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second largest in the United Kingdom after London's Metropolitan Police [1]. It covers an area with nearly 2. spokesman said: "A 26-year-old man is due before Baker Street magistrates in Stoke-on-Trent charged in connection with a serious of burglaries targeting elderly people. "The offences occurred across the West Midlands and Staffordshire between April and October last year. "The charges followed a joint investigation between West Midlands and Staffordshire police Staffordshire Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent in the West Midlands of England. It is made up of four territorial Divisions; Stoke-on-Trent, North Staffs., Chase and Trent Valley. ." The man will appear before magistrates in Stoke-on-Trent on March 16. CAPTION(S): Kenneth Myatt was targeted at his home in Northfield. |
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