Three masked burglars - one who had got drunk at a wake - travelled from Doncaster to Nottinghamshire to raid a home. Defendant Andrew Gaskin was said by his lawyer to have desperately needed money.
Jake Hodgetts got drunk and decided to break into a property, while co-accused Terry Nichol, also known as Platts, had too much to drink at a wake and was picked up by the others and went along with the idea. Nottingham Crown Court heard they raided a couple's home, where they had lived for 50 years, on June 1, 2022.
After travelling from Yorkshire, they got out of a car wearing face-coverings and forced entry at the rear door, and damaged windows, at the property in Kirton Park, Kirton, near Ollerton. They went into various rooms and made messy searches when the homeowners were on holiday.
