A spate of burglaries in Sutton is being attributed to the warmer weather as residents leave windows open to cool down.

At least four separate burglaries occurred over the weekend with thieves climbing in through open and unlocked windows.

Overnight on Friday July 9, £5,500 cash and jewellery was stolen from a property in Constance Road after a bedroom window was left open. The householder believes the suspect may have posed as a window cleaner.

On Saturday, on Woodstock Road in Carshalton, a thief got away with two laptops and other equipment after he put his arm through the top window of a lounge to open the larger window immediately below.

A thief also gained entry to a property in Eastway, Wallington on Saturday afternoon after a kitchen window was left unlocked.

A neighbour who thinks they saw the intruder described him as a 30-year-old white man, 5ft 8in tall wearing a white T-shirt with a pattern. He had short fair hair and was clean shaven.

And overnight on Saturday a couple lost their money, cards, mobile phone and a laptop after they forgot to close their ground floor window.

Sutton detectives are urging people to be vigilant about locking doors and windows when they leave home or go to another part of the house or garden.