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A man has admitted stealing from two elderly people on the same day.

John Smith, 30, from Long Lawford in Warwickshire, pleaded guilty to burglary and fraud by false representation at Canterbury Crown Court on Tuesday.

On 7 September 2023 he stole cash from a man in his 80s in Ash, Kent, during a distraction burglary, while a woman in Walderslade, Chatham, paid him £900 for gardening work that was not completed.

He will be sentenced on 3 April.

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