A heartless burglar was shopped to police by his cancer-suffering grandmother after he stole and crashed her mobility car.

Sean Charles's poorly nan was said to have been left so scared and "at the end of her tether" by his deceit that she broke down and resorted to locking her doors to family.

Canterbury Crown Court heard she told police her grandson was to blame for the theft after discovering the Kia Niro, which was registered to her dementia-stricken husband, had been found abandoned and severely damaged following a smash in Ashford on October 16 last year.

She also informed officers he had recently been freed from prison and, when he was arrested two days later, homeless Charles confessed: "I knew I was wanted. I'm guilty for all of it.

It also transpired that the 38-year-old, who

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