Burglar who sexually assaulted woman jailed
Nooran Nagra broke into two properties in Nottingham in the space of three days in April 2024 before making off with high-value goods.
The 35-year-old also sexually abused a vulnerable woman in his car in September 2022, Nottinghamshire Police said.
He was jailed for four-and-a-half years at Nottingham Crown Court on Friday.
Nagra, formerly of Austen Avenue in Nottingham, had denied the charge of sexual assault but was found guilty by a jury earlier this year.
While awaiting his trial, he climbed through a house window in Noel Street, Forest Fields, on 15 April, before breaking a door to get inside a property in Duke Street, Basford, on 17 April.
On both occasions, he ransacked the properties and made off with high-value electronics, including a television, PlayStation 5, smart phones, a laptop and speakers, police said.
The value of the items taken by Nagra totalled around £6,700. He also stole bank cards, which he then used fraudulently to pay for items at shops nearby.
Detectives forensically linked Nagra to the Noel Street break-in from multiple fingerprints he left at the scene, while CCTV footage identified him as the Duke Street intruder.
Nagra pleaded guilty to the two counts of burglary and three counts of fraud by false representation.
High-speed pursuit
In addition, he also stole a car and led police on a dangerous high-speed pursuit through Kent while he was under the influence of cocaine in October 2023.
He would go on to plead guilty to dangerous driving, theft of a motor vehicle, drug-driving, going equipped for theft and other driving offences.
Nagra was additionally made subject of a lifelong sexual harm prevention order limiting his contact with anyone deemed vulnerable.
He was also disqualified from driving for 47 months and will then need to complete an extended retest before being allowed to drive again.
Det Con Tim Townsend said: "In the space of just over a year-and-a-half, he sexually assaulted a vulnerable woman, burgled two homes, stole a car and used it while under the influence of drugs to lead police on a dangerous pursuit.
"Nagra is a man who deserves the custodial sentence that has just been issued to him, so we're pleased to see he's now behind bars."
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