A man behind a terrifying balaclava-clad revenge-raid that mistakenly targeted a pensioner in the wrong home has been jailed.
Shrewsbury Crown Court was told that Alexander Woodburn, aged 34, of Rookery Park, Brierley Hill, disguised himself, bought weapons and recruited an accomplice before smashing his way through the patio door of the home in Highley, near Bridgnorth.
But, the court was told that Woodburn, who was found guilty of aggravated burglary at trial last month, had actually mistakenly targeted the wrong home. She said:"I can still see his eyes," adding that if she sees a person with similar eyes"I just panic". Curtis Myrie, mitigating for Woodburn, said:"He did express an element of remorse in his interview and asked the police to apologise to the victim."
"To be in your own home at nine in the morning and someone smashing their way into the property through a patio window in broad daylight, with an accomplice who goes upstairs, then to appear with a balaclava brandishing a hammer." He said:"The actions of Woodburn were absolutely abhorrent and the level of threat of violence used against the victim who was in her own home was horrendous.
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