A Colchester household has been left “devastated” after a laptop containing family photographs was stolen.

The break-in happened at their home on Heath Road, Colchester, between 2.45pm and 3.15pm yesterday.

Several laptops were seized, including an Apple Macbook in a black case, after a rear conservatory was broken in to.

“One of the laptops contained photographs which the family were extremely upset to lose,” an Essex Police spokesman said.

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