Police said they could not provide any updates on what was being done to catch the burglar – despite the footage on the camera

A MOTHER on a trip to Essex looked on helplessly after her phone pinged and she had to watch a burglar busily raiding her home back in Kentish Town.

Victoria Newman’s house was targeted while she was on a poignant mission to choose a headstone for the grave of her son, Robbie, who was stillborn.

Security camera footage from inside her home captured a man clambering through a kitchen window into her flat, and all she could do was watch as her belongings worth thousands of pounds were taken.

“I have a security camera in my kitchen that pings when someone goes by – and it kept pinging,” she said.

“I could clearly see a man banging on my door. Then I heard my kitchen blind being rustled. I thought, that’s odd, he is not carrying any parcels – I had assumed it must be a delivery.

“Then I could see him looking into my balcony and I saw more commotion with my blinds. I then saw a foot in the air, climbing in, and the next video had him walking out of my front door, carrying my mum’s bag on his back and another bag in his hands. That was when I realised I had been burgled.”

Ms Newman tried to contact her two children who were at home but one was having a shower and the other asleep.

The thief stole iPads, four mobile phones and a unique set of Pandora jewellery, worth more than £3,000 and holding a deep sentimental value for Ms Newman.

But last night (Wednesday), despite the images from the security camera, police could not provide an update on the progress of the case, with no arrests made.

Ms Newman added: “He also took a diamond in a locket my mother gave me. I was given it for my 30th birthday and it has immense sentimental value. You just cannot replace that type of gift.”

The suspect was wearing a jacket made by American brand Outdoor Sport, with a distinctive yellow logo on the chest.

Officers arrived hours after they had first been called and told Ms Newman that the clear images would mean if he was known to the police he would soon be apprehended. DNA swabs were taken – the suspect had used socks to cover his fingerprints when he climbed in through the window – but so far the investigation has not found the suspect.

Ms Newman has visited pawn shops in the area in the hope the suspect is recognised bringing in her jewellery. One Kentish Town Road store said they recognised him, but so far there has been no progress returning her valuables.

She said: “I showed the CCTV to staff in one pawn shop and they said they recognised him and came in regularly. It seems he is well known.

” To add to Ms Newman’s dismay, she discovered one of the iPads was linked to her mother’s mobile phone – and that it was at an address just two streets away from her home.

With a neighbour reporting an attempted break-in two days later, Ms Newman hopes by sharing her story people will be vigilant with their property and possibly spot the suspect.

She added: “We know he tried to get into another property nearby. A friend of mine phoned me to say the same man had tried to break in and they had clear CCTV footage of him. It was the same man, wearing the same jacket.

“I haven’t felt safe in my own home since. I am feeling very vulnerable. It is making me look over my shoulder all the time and I do not feel comfortable in my own house. My children do not want to stay there. “I hope he is caught and justice is done before he does this to anyone else.”