A "vicious and menacing" burglar who intimidated an elderly and disabled priest for months, and then robbed him, has been jailed.

Fr Edmund Worthy, of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart church, in Wellingborough, was the subject of repeated requests for money from 25-year-old Kieran Harte.

Sentencing Harte to two years and 12 weeks in prison, Judge Ian Alexander told him: “You entered the home of Fr Worthy, an elderly and kind man. Despite your aggressive and persistent behaviour he has helped you and you abused this when you entered his house with breathtaking arrogance. You stole charity boxes. This is disgusting behaviour. You are a violent menace and your presence is a menacing one.”