POLICE are appealing for information after a Dawlish burglary in which electrical goods were stolen.

Computers, mobile phones and a digital camera were stolen from a multi occupancy house in Stockton Hill, between the hours of 3am and 9am on Friday, August 20.

Burglars smashed a ground-floor window before gaining access to the three storey property through a bedroom.

A police spokesman said: "Entry was gained through a ground-floor window which was damaged by the burglars.

"The property was searched and a PlayStation with controllers and four games, a BlackBerry phone and Canon digital camera were stolen."

It is not known whether any of the occupants were in the house at the time.

Police are appealing for anyone who may know who is responsible for the theft to come forward.

Anyone with information should contact police on 08452 777 444 quoting crime reference JG/10/1448 or call crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

TWO men accused of stealing a lurcher puppy from a Newton Abbot house had their court hearing adjourned while their case is being prepared.

Euan Gayle, 40, and Michael Latouche, 37, both from Birmingham, had been due to appear before Torbay magistrates to face a charge of trespassing into a Newton Abbot home and stealing the £170 dog, threatening unlawful violence towards another and being in possession of an offensive weapon, namely a pole.

The hearing will now take place at Torbay magistrates court on September 24 when the prosecution case will be ready.

The two men have yet to enter a plea.

FIREFIGHTERS from Newton Abbot were called to reports of a cooker fire yesterday.

They went to Brownshill Road just after 1pm. The fire was out when they arrived and crews made the area safe.

POLICE are investigating an alleged dog attack. A German shepherd is claimed to have leapt out of a car in Totnes and bit a 53-year-old man in the groin.

A Totnes woman has been reported for having a dangerous dog out of control and been seen by police.

A 20-YEAR-OLD Totnes man was given a formal police caution for being drunk and disorderly in the town centre on Saturday night.

The man was arrested on The Plains at 11.40pm.