A burglar has been jailed for three years and nine months after targeting a home in Edmonton.

Forensic evidence led police to Martin Welford, 43, from Edmonton, who burgled the terraced house on December 14.

Welford pleaded guilty to burglary at Wood Green Crown Court in Lordship Lane on Thursday, January 10, after being arrested and charged the previous day.

He was sentenced at the same court on Thursday, January 17.