Burglar broke into family's home 17 hours after release from jail

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A robber who celebrated his release from jail by breaking into another house within 17 hours of his release, has gone straight back to prison.

Colin Jones, has just got out from a 40 month stretch behind bars but couldn’t help himself just hours after he regained his freedom.

On the evening he was released the 43-year-old broke into a family home, whilst a mum and her three young daughters were asleep.

Jones managed to steal the car from the driveway along with other high valuable goods on December 15 around 3am. Now Jones, who has racked up 171 previous convictions over the past 30 years, has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.