Three men jailed at Lincoln Crown Court for stealing £6,500 during robbery at home of disabled Boston man

Three men who stole £6,500 in cash during a robbery at the home of a disabled Boston man were today (Friday, November 29) jailed for a combined total of 18 years.

Aston Wiltshire, 27, Steven Murphy, 38, and Lyndon Pagden, 20, were all caught on CCTV as they entered the bungalow in Carlton Road during the early hours of April 27.

Lincoln Crown Court heard the householder used a wheelchair to get around his property after having his left leg amputated and was sprayed with some form of liquid from inside the property during the robbery.

He was awoken at around 2.45am by knocking at his front door and recognised Wiltshire when the three men forced entry, the court was told.

The three men left with £6,500 which had been stored in the houesholder's clothing and tried to open a safe which was empty.

On doorbell footage which was played in court one of the robbers could be heard saying "Where is the safe"?

Murphy was located near the scene and found to be in possession of two envelopes which each contained £500 in cash.

Pagden was arrested a short time later and Wiltshire was detained as he was about to catch a holiday flight from Stansted Airport on 9 May.

Wiltshire, of Blenheim Willows Lane, Sibsey, was jailed for seven years and seven months.

Murphy, of Broadfield Lane, Boston, was jailed for five years and nine months.

Pagden, of Cotton Road, Boston, was sentenced to four years and eight months imprisonment.

All three men admitted a charge of robbery on April 27.

Alice Hewett, mitigating for Wiltshire, said he made a foolish decision to go along with the other men to gain either cash or drugs.

"There is no suggestion they went armed," Ms Hewett added.

Charles Shaw, mitigating for Pagden, said he was a young man with no previous convictions and had been working as a builder's labourer.

Tom Heath, mitigating for Murphy, argued he was the last person to enter the bungalow and said he remained outside for a significant period and left the property first.

Passing sentence Judge Catarina Sjolin Knight said: "This was clearly a planned robbery of a disabled man in his own home."

Judge Sjolin Knight said the spraying of the liquid, probably disinfectant, by someone other than Wiltshire was a significant factor in the robbery.

A restraining order was also made which prevents the defendants having any contact with the victim.