Telford teenage burglar back behind bars just two months after being released

Tyler Titley, 19, and his 17-year-old female accomplice were seen in the garden of the house in Donnington in the early hours of June 3.

A couple and their grandson had been woken and discovered a purse, cash, mobile phone and a set of car keys were missing.

Titley was given 18 months in a Young Offenders' Institution at Shrewsbury Crown Court yesterday.

Titley, of Oakworth Close in Hadley, and the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had both pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary at an earlier hearing.

Judge Peter Barrie said it was an aggravating feature that the break-in was so soon after Titley had been released on licence from a previous 20-month sentence for three offences of burglary.

He had also taken into account the upset caused to the victims who had been left feeling insecure and concerned about being safe in their own home.

Judge Barrie told the 17-year-old girl that, while she was in the company of Titley, he accepted she had played a lesser role. He said reports showed behaviour problems and failing to take responsibility for her actions and she was being given an opportunity to deal with this issue.

She girl was given a 12-month youth rehabilitation order which includes supervision support programmes. She will also be the subject of a three-month monitored curfew between 7pm and 7am and must pay £200 court costs.

Miss Laura Nash, prosecuting, said the burglary at The Common, Donnington, happened on June 3 last year.

The pensioners, aged 71 and 68, and their grandson, were woken by a dog barking and the couple's grandson saw two people – a male and female – in the garden.

The court heard that at a previous hearing at Stafford Crown Court the two defendants had pleaded not guilty to four other allegations of burglary in Donnington – at three premises in The Glebelands and a house in Bishops Walk – all said to have occurred on June 3 and which involved the theft of cash, handbags, car keys, mobile phones and passports.

The prosecution had said it was not in the public interest to seek a trial and the four charges were ordered to lie on the file.