Caerphilly burglar got into B&Q by climbing through window
He used the ladder to climb in on Sunday, September 10, 2023 before returning again nine days later and smashing his way in through a window at the front of the store.
Large, a serial burglar who has more than 100 offences to his name, had an accomplice with him on both occasions but that man has never been caught.
The defendant, who was caught after leaving his DNA on the ladder, pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary.
While Large was on bail for these break-ins he committed even more serious offences in Barry.
He stole an elderly widow's wedding and engagement rings before boasting to his ex-girlfriend about it just after he'd beaten her up.
The defendant broke into the 92-year-old woman's home in the town on the night of Sunday, September 8, 2024, prosecutor Nuhu Gobir told Cardiff Crown Court.
Large then smashed his way back into his former partner's home in Barry where he had seriously assaulted her hours before and bragged that he had stolen a £10,000 ring.
'The defendant boasted he had 'robbed an old woman' and was wearing rings in a necklace around his neck,' Mr Gobir added.
Large asked his ex to pawn the jewellery for him.
As well as the wedding and engagement rings, he had also stolen his victim's 40th wedding anniversary ring.
Earlier, he had punched his ex in the face and held a knife to her neck and threatened to slit her throat after he had been drinking gin.
The defendant, of Hansen Street, Butetown, Cardiff pleaded guilty to burglary, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and criminal damage.
Before sentencing him, Judge Eugene Egan told him of the Barry break-in: 'This was an extremely serious extremely during which you stole sentimental items from a vulnerable and elderly woman who was 92.
'It was a home she had lived in since 1956, way before you were born.
'Just pause and think about the harm you have caused that woman who was married to her beloved husband.
Large was jailed for 56 months and will serve half of that sentence in prison before being released on licence.
He was also made the subject of a 10-year restraining order not to contact his former partner and will have to pay a victim surcharge.
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