A burglar who broke into a house while the occupants were upstairs was later found to be in possession of a knife with a 12-inch blade, a court heard.
Kyle Tams (27) who has an "utterly appalling" list of previous convictions, was jailed for six years.
Judge Robert Brown publicly commended a vigilant couple – one of them a retired police officer - who lived near the scene in Seagrave Road, Sileby.
They saw Tams loitering suspiciously, trying the doors of several properties,...
