Jail for burglar who claimed he had mended his ways

A burglar who posed as a ‘family man’ in a bid to trick a judge into believing he had mended his ways was jailed for just over a year. Thomas McCann, 38, smashed through the back window of an end of terrace property in broad daylight while the homeowner was out in Maple Grove, Ealing, West London, on 5 November 2016. He roamed the house and pilfered £100 in foreign currency before the victim returned to find shattered glass and…