Robber handed 30-year jail term for raid on home of Ashley Cole
A robber who broke into the home of former England footballer Ashley Cole has been jailed for 30 years.
Kurtis Dilks, who was part of a gang that smashed into Cole's house in January 2020 and threatened to cut off his fingers also ordered to serve an extended license period of five years by a judge at Nottingham Crown Court.
The judge described them as “intelligent, violent and chillingly ruthless men”.
Ashley Cole
was tied up by knife-wielding thugs in an attempt to steal jewelry and watches. His partner and their two young children were in the house at the time.
Former
Arsenaland
Chelseaplayer said in a statement read in court:
"The terror and confusion on my children's faces is something that will never leave me. These images and thoughts will never, ever leave my mind and can pop up any time.”
Dilks was the only one of the gang to be caught after his DNA was recovered on the cable ties used to restrain Ashley Cole and his partner.
Dilks was convicted alongside five others for a series of robberies between October 2018 and January 2020.
Dilks was also found guilty of conspiring to rob the wife of former
Tottenhammidfielder Tom Huddlestone in May 2019.
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