Crime

A HOMELESS burglar who used a knife to attack a Woodley man in his home has been jailed for 13 years.

COLD callers that could be rogue traders have been reported in the Woodley area.

A HOMELESS man has appeared in court after being accused of assaulting emergency workers following an incident in Finchampstead earlier this month.

Offenders took mobile phones from the victims, a man and woman both in their sixties, before searching the property.

The driver of a black BMW told Wokingham Today that he had been hit side on by another car, at the King Street lane crossroads, next to Sainsbury's.

At 8.30am, officers received a report of a suspicious vehicle dumped on Emmbrook Vale, Wokingham. Itmay be linked to the Boots break-in.

The store-front to Boots, on Market Place, has been smashed open, with glass and debris scattered over the path.

A MAN wearing a carers' uniform sexually assaulted an elderly woman in Earley last week and police are appealing for help to trace him

From Wednesday, December 1, until Saturday, January 1, 229 people were arrested for drink driving, and 152 people for drug driving.

PCC Barber said that, by population, the region has the lowest levels of serious violence of any police force in England and Wales.