THREE men have appeared in court, charged with a series of burglaries across the south of England - including break-ins in Farnham, Haslemere, Liphook, Headley, Alton and Ropley.

Lewis Kelleher, 30, of Byerley Road in Portsmouth, Sami Hussain, 25, of Edith Road in Hammersmith, and Richard Ashley Hart, 34, of Conigham Road, Hammersmith, appeared before Staines Magistrates Court on July 18, charged with conspiracy to burgle.

Their arrests were made during early morning warrants were executed on July 17, when officers from Surrey Police and Hampshire Constabulary attended addresses in Portsmouth, Fulham and Hammersmith.

Between November 16, 2017 and July 10, 2018, a number of properties were targeted in Haslemere, Farnham, Esher and Warlingham in Surrey, Liss, Liphook, Alton and Ropley in Hampshire, Petworth in Sussex and Welwyn in Hertfordshire.

Their charges consist of 27 burglary offences; 15 in Surrey, ten in Hampshire, one in Sussex, and one in Hertfordshire.

Kelleher, Hussain and Hart have been remanded and will next appear for a plea hearing at Guildford Crown Court on August 16.

The offences took place in:

Surrey:

Common Road, Esher – 16 November 2017

Butlers Dene Road, Woldingham – 17 January 2018

Homefield Road, Warlingham - 17 January 2018

Brook Road, Wormley – 22 January 2018

High Street Green, Chiddingfold – 22 January 2018

Stevens Lane, Claygate – 26 January 2018

Crooksbury Road, Farnham – 26 January 2018

Weston Road, Thames Ditton – 31 January 2018

Haslemere Road, Godalming – 21 February 2018

Bowlhead Green Road, Godalming – 21 February 2018

Brook Road, Godalming – 21 February 2018

Kemnal Park, Haslemere – 21 February 2018

Beech Road, Haslemere – 5 June 2018

Stoatley Rise, Haslemere – 5 June 2018

Bunch Place, Haslemere – 5 June 2018

Hampshire:

Windsor Road, Medstead – 9 March 2018

Roe Downs Road, Medstead – 9 March 2018

Vicarage Lane, Ropley – 9 March 2018

Stodham Lane, Liss – 19 April 2018

Farther Common Lane, Liss - 19 April 2018

Liphook Road, Headley – 20 April 2018

Church Road, Liphook – 20 April 2018

Tunbridge Lane, Liphook – two offences on 20 April 2018

Huntsbottom Lane, Liss – 10 July 2018

Sussex:

Graffham, Petworth – 10 July 2018

Hertfordshire:

Gwynfa Close, Welwyn – 21 March 2018