These were from a trolley that serial low-grade crook Peter James Nott and his accomplice used to transport the large haul they had just stolen from a North Albury house.

The shed out the back in which Nott slept – he had a long history of couch surfing – was later found to be chock-full of household goods pinched from the victim’s nearby Glenly Street home. But Nott and his mate didn’t leave it there. They later returned to pinch alcohol, tools and swags, with a value of between $5000 and $6000, from a shed, police said.

It was the first clear-out though that did the most damage – more than $20,000 in value including books, computers, a television, golf clubs and “suitcases of clothing”.

Nott, who police said had an “extensive history in NSW for larceny and goods in custody”, will remain in jail until his sentencing in Albury Local Court on July 27.

He pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated break and enter in company to steal items with a value of less than $60,000.

The court was told how a family left the Glenly Street home on April 12 about midday.

Between then and 11.10am the next day, Nott and his accomplice forced a back door to he house and used a furniture trolley at the property to move the items 100 metres to the other man’s Sylvania Avenue house.

The accomplice took photographs of the stolen goods when he got home and then sent these to “various contacts” by text messages in an attempt to secure buyers.

The break-in made the victims so fear for their safety that they moved out on April 13 about 5pm.

Between that time and 5.45am the next day, Nott and his mate returned to steal their second haul. They were arrested soon after a police search of the shed.

Some of the alcohol and a stolen iPod were found in the possession of a woman also sleeping in the shed.

Police said the accomplice admitted to the break-in, telling them that Nott “had told him the house belongs to a friend” who was splitting from his wife “so they were helping him move out”.

Nott pleaded guilty also to separate charges of shoplifting and goods in custody suspected of being stolen over an incident at Woolworths in Lavington on Christmas Eve.

He was seen to remove a large piece of roasting meat from a fridge to put in his backpack, before grabbing a 1.25 litre bottle of orange soft drink that he paid for at the checkout. Nott was chased by supermarket staff and was running through a car park when police arrived.

He was later found hiding in a garden bed. When questioned he “was verbally aggressive, yelling and swearing”.