A burglar who celebrated his release from a 40 month prison sentence by breaking into a family home within 17 hours was sent straight back to jail.
Colin Jones was released from HMP Northumberland at 10am on December 14 after completing a jail term for burglary and by 3am on December 15 he was at it again.
He broke into a family home in Ashington, Northumberland, while a mum and her three young daughters were asleep and stole the family car and other items.