A MAN stole underwear and clothes from an Eastleigh home during a burglary.

John Gooch appeared in court following a burglary from a home in Bright Wire Crescent in Eastleigh.

The incident happened between June 14 and 16 this year.

The court heard how the 64-year-old entered the home as a trespasser and stole underwear and clothes.

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Appearing at Southampton Magistrates' Court, he admitted one charge of burglary.

Gooch, of St Edmund Close, Fareham, was remanded on conditional bail until the next hearing on October 19 for a pre-sentence report to be prepared.

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