THIS is how the burglar at the centre of an alleged prison sex video was caught after breaking into homes near his own flat.
Linton Weirich, who is serving four years and nine months, is the criminal whose alleged cell sex session prompted a police investigation.
He was locked up last month for burgling several homes near his own in South West London, while wearing an electronic tag.
The 36-year-old — who has a heavily pregnant girlfriend outside jail — was filmed on a smuggled mobile allegedly having sex with a 30-year- old female prison guard.
Earlier this week one of his victims, who was having building work done when he broke in, said that Weirich managed to "get on to the site in the middle of the night".
She added: “We’d just had the alarm fitted. It went off and he panicked and ran.
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“Police caught him because he was wearing an ankle tag at the time.
“I don’t think he’s the sharpest tool in the box.”
She said that Weirich stole a couple of drills but was quickly arrested.
Weirich is an inmate at HMP Wandsworth, South London, and known inside as ‘L’.
He is not under police investigation. He was put into segregation but is unlikely to face further punishment.
Weirich's victim said she was shocked to hear about the sex tape, which The Sun revealed on Saturday.
She added: “I was aware of the video. I just didn’t know that was our burglar.
“The whole thing seems surreal.
“This is not what we thought it meant to get hard time in prison."
Another victim said he had a bicycle stolen by Weirich from outside his home last December.
He said: “He’s definitely not the smartest cookie if he was just targeting all the people on his doorstep.
“I can see why police managed to catch him.
“It’s hardly justice though if he’s having fun in prison.”
Weirich was convicted at Kingston Crown Court of multiple counts of burglary and going equipped.
Three of the break-ins were carried out just minutes away from the flat in Richmond, South West London, where he lived with his girlfriend.
Weirich was also handed a 54-month concurrent sentence for stealing jewellery and £65,000 of goods in a raid on a South Kensington flat.
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The Met Police said earlier that there were “no investigative updates”.
- FORMER prison officer Linda de Sousa Abreu, 30, from Fulham, appeared at Uxbridge magistrates’ court on Monday charged with misconduct in public office following the viral video. She will appear at Isleworth crown court on July 29.
