A SUBSTANTIAL sum of cash was stolen from a home in Honiton after a thief entered the property via an insecure back door, Pc Ian Atyeo told Honiton Town Council last week.

A SUBSTANTIAL sum of cash was stolen from a home in Honiton after a thief entered the property via an insecure back door, Pc Ian Atyeo told Honiton Town Council last week.

A second burglary had been reported, involving the theft of power tools from a community building.

Entry had been forced.