A burglar who admitted dozens of break-ins across Oxfordshire and Berkshire has been jailed.

Ashley Rees, of Faber Close, Oxford, was arrested after carrying out break-ins in Little Haseley between June 28 and August 29 last year, and this year in Kelham Hall Drive, Wheatley, between June 21 and 23, and in Old London Road, Wheatley, on July 31.

He requested 65 other offences be taken into consideration – 56 dwelling burglaries, four attempted burglaries, four non-domestic break-ins and one theft.

The 31-year-old was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court to 40 months in prison.