A CROWBAR-WIELDING yob who burgled a house has been jailed for 26 weeks.

Reece Coles, 23, was arrested early on August 6 in the garden of a property on Derwent Crescent, Athersley.

He was found in dark clothing wearing a mask and in possession of a crowbar and large screwdriver.

Coles, of Radcliffe Road, Barnsley, pleaded guilty to burglary at Barnsley Magistrates’ Court.