Men jailed for violent home invasion as baby slept

by Laura

Two men have been jailed for breaking into a house and threatening the occupants with a knife while their baby slept upstairs.

Colin Brown, 36, from Stanway Road in Coney Hill, and Craig Wood, 33, of Portreath Way in Kingsway, were sentenced at Gloucester Crown Court on 27 March.

Clad in balaclavas and armed with a crowbar and serrated knife, the pair forced their way into a property in the Mount Pleasant area of Stroud, Gloucestershire.

Wood was jailed for five years while Brown was handed an 11-year jail term due to previous convictions for burglary and a dangerous driving offence.

The court heard how the men had arrived at the address shortly before 14:50 GMT on 8 January.

Doorbell footage showed Brown and Wood attempting to force entry to the front door of the property and when confronted by a man who was inside, Wood threatened to shoot him. He was then heard telling Brown to "get the shooter".

Brown used a crowbar to smash a window before the pair gained entry to the property.

Once inside, Brown tackled the male occupant to the floor and held a knife to his neck while demanding to know "where the weed was".

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