Burglar used washing-line prop to break into West Yorkshire house then used stolen card to buy Greggs breakfast

Paul Gelder stole £2,500 worth of items from the property on Lumley Street, Castleford, in the early hours of July 7 while the occupants slept upstairs.

The 34-year-old took laptops, games consoles and bank cards - one of which he used to pay for his food shortly after leaving the property.

Louise Gallagher, prosecuting, told Leeds Crown Court how Gelder gained access to the house by standing on a planter in the back garden and reaching through an open window, managing to turn the key to the patio door with the prop.