Senior detective 'delighted' as burglars Dean English and Colin Rutherford are jailed

By The Newsroom
Published 2nd Oct 2018, 13:16 BST
Updated 2nd Oct 2018, 14:23 BST
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Dean English
Police have welcomed have welcomed the jailing of two prolific burglars.

Dean English and Colin Rutherford were sent to prison last week after a court heard three houses in the Durham City area had been targeted on the same day.

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Colin Rutherford

English, 37, from Horden, pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary and four charges of supplying Class A drugs after being caught selling heroin to undercover officers and was jailed for 69 months at Durham Crown Court.