Man leapt from window as masked burglars raided home

Two men have been jailed for a burglary where they smashed their way into a house in Nottinghamshire.

Police said the pair, wearing gloves and balaclavas, forced their way into the home in Canterbury Close, Nuthall, on 25 June 2025, prompting a man inside to jump out of an upstairs window, breaking his leg.

John McNee, 46, of Tunstall Crescent, Nottingham, and Craig Morgan, 53, of Lymn Avenue, Gedling, both pleaded guilty to burglary.

At Nottingham Crown Court on Tuesday, McNee jailed for nine years and Morgan received a five-year sentence.

McNee and Morgan tried and failed to steal a high value vehicle on the driveway, police said, and eventually fled with £500 in cash and a mobile phone.

The defendants were identified from CCTV footage, mobile phone data and a stolen car used in the the offence.

In addition, officers said, McNee also pleaded guilty to intimidating a witness after phoning a relative of the victim and to another burglary in Nottingham city centre in September 2023.

A third suspect in the case was charged but not convicted in connection with the case.

Det Con Tony Tonks said: "This was a frightening experience for the victim who was simply going about his daily business when he was confronted in his own home by masked men.

"Both thought they could simply take what they wanted from this man without consequence, but hadn't reckoned on the determination of multiple detectives, analysts and other specialist staff at Nottinghamshire Police."

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