'For the best part of your adult life you have been breaking into homes': Leeds burglar with 30-year criminal record locked up for targeting student house in Headingley

Jason Higo has a history of carrying out domestic burglaries dating back more than three decades.

Leeds Crown Court heard Higo targeted a house in Headingley Mount, Headingley, on November 4 last year.

Jonathan Sharp, prosecuting, said the property was unoccupied at the time of the offence as it was being refurbished.

Higo smashed a window and took power tools, worth £1,300, which belonged to the builder who was carrying out work on the property.

The 53-year-old was identified as the suspect after his blood was found at the scene.

Higo, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to burglary.

The defendant has 13 previous convictions for burglary dating back to 1989.

Higo was out of prison on licence at the time of the offence after being jailed in 2018 for burglary of a student property in Headingley.

Stephen Welford, mitigating, said Higo accepted that he would be facing an immediate prison sentence due to his previous convictions,

Higo was jailed for two years and four months.

Judge Andrew Stubbs QC told Higo: "You are 53, and for the best part of your adult life you have been breaking in to people's homes and stealing their belongings.

"The length of sentences handed to you seem to make no difference.

"You took over £1000 worth of power tools that the victim needed to make an honest living, quite the opposite to the way you earn a living."