A MAN has been jailed after a string of burglaries in the New Forest and Test Valley.

Darren Smith, aged 22 of Cunningham Gardens, Bursledon, was locked up by Southampton magistrates after admitting the offences.

Smith has been jailed for 46 weeks in total after he was sentenced to:

14 weeks in jail for a theft from motor vehicle in Bennetts Lane, Burley on December 27, 2016;

12 weeks for a burglary in Brick Lane, Bransgore on February 1, 2017;

12 weeks for a burglary at MacPennys Nursery, Burley Road, Bransgore on July 11, 2017;

Six weeks for a burglary in Green Lane, Crow, on November 29, 2016;

Two weeks for a theft at RFSF Recycling, Bunny Lane, Timsbury on April 9, 2017.