A burglar with a criminal career spanning five decades has been sent back to jail at the age of 57.

Jacqueline Pinkney was locked up for four and a half years after a judge told her "the public needs a rest from you".

In one of her latest crimes Pinkney kept two dogs quiet by throwing them frozen food and then entered the property after smashing a window.

A court heard Pinkney carried out her first house burglary back in 1971 and has continued committing further raids on homes in each of the last five decades.