

'I thought they had come to my door to tell me bad news about my son and of course once they’d got in that was it. Speaking after the case one of his victims, who wished not to be named, said: 'The burglary destroyed my confidence. James Boyle, 39, of Tookey Close, Harrow, north-west London, was sentenced to eight years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit distraction burglary and was given an Asbo. John Cawley, 51, of Kings Cross Road, in London, was sentenced to seven and a half years imprisonment after pleading guilty to commit distraction burglary and was handed an Asbo. He was also issued with an Asbo which stops him from being in the same company as James Boyle or John Cawley. Patrick Cawley, 54, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit distraction burglary and was sentenced to six years eight months imprisonment. They were jailed at St Albans Crown Court. The men were finally caught in July 2012 trying to escape from a home in Waltham Cross after a neighbour called police when she saw the burglars acting suspiciously. James Boyle was sentenced to eight years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit distraction burglary
