A Southend couple cut their holiday short to return home for a funeral - only to find all their treasured possessions had been stolen in a burglary.

The couple from Mount Avenue, who asked not to be named, were on a long holiday abroad when a family friend died and they had to return early.

They found a back window had been forced open and burglars had made off with £4,000 worth of jewellery and collectibles.

Published Friday October 25, 2002

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