1.   Butler, of Averton, near Manchester, admitted aggravated burglary.

2.   Vernage denies three murders, two attempted murders, two burglaries and one aggravated burglary.

3.   The Court of Appeal held that the crime was not aggravated burglary.

4.   The detectives linked a burglary in Darlington to an aggravated burglary in Little Newsham, near Barnard Castle, where occupiers were tied up and jewellery was stolen.

5.   Douglas died two weeks ago in a police cell after being arrested for aggravated burglary in a south London flat.