Four teenagers, who caught a thief red handed after he targeted a pensioner in her home, are being praised by the police.
Jason Erskine, 38, of Exeter Street, Blackburn has been jailed for six years three months by a judge at Preston Crown Court after he admitted a charge of burglary.
The court heard Erskine, armed with a hammer, forced his way into the home of 86-year-old Margaret Slater on Hamilton Street, Blackburn in the afternoon of 6th August 2009.
He manhandled Margaret and removed a gold bracelet from her wrist before searching her house for valuables.
While Erskine was upstairs, Margaret tried to raise the alarm by going to her front gate and shouting to passers-by for help.
Hearing this, Erskin ran downstairs and into the front garden where he pushed her to the ground so that he could get out of the gate and ran off.
As a result of the assault Mrs Slater suffered very serious injuries, including a broken hip, from which she will never fully recover.
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