A thief from Welling has been sent to prison after he was found by police hiding in a cupboard.

Thomas Siggers, 22, was found following a Wanted Wednesday appeal on Twitter, Facebook and in News Shopper.

Siggers, of Falconwood Parade, was found hiding in a cupboard in a friends flat by police at the end of last year.

He was sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court on Tuesday, May 9.

The thief was handed a four year sentence for two counts of burglary, six counts of theft, two counts of handling stolen goods, one count of taking without owners consent, six counts of driving while disqualified and five counts of driving with no insurance.