Sheffield man 'charges at woman waving large knife'

17-year-old Dylan Gibson and the other male were startled when the owner returned on November 6, 2018, and shouted "police!" said prosecutor Beverly Wright

One of them shouted: "She's back" and Gibson’s accomplice ran at her with the knife in one hand and a pillow case in the other.

Sheffield Crown Court heard the duo escaped with a total of £1,615 of goods, including "highly sentimental items of jewellery that belonged to her parents.”

In a statement, the woman said: "This incident has made me feel physically sick. I am sick of living in this area. People are constantly being burgled and their cars are being set on fire."

"I am devastated about what has been taken, but what is worse is that someone has been in my home."

Gibson was 18 when smashed the window of a VW camper van and broke the steering lock, causing £250 of damage, in the early hours of July 31, last year.

He was traced by blood left at the scene.

And at 6.20am on December 29, last year, Gibson and another male tried to enter a house on Morrall Road.

They fled when the occupant came downstairs, and one of them shouted: "S5 Kingdom."

In a statement he said: "The thought of what could have happened had they got in scares me."

Gibson, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to burglary, attempted theft and attempted burglary.

Rebecca Tanner, for Gibson, said he has “potential, but has made countless errors in his young life. It's clear he is susceptible to exploitation. He didn't know that his accomplice had brought a knife."

Judge Graham Reeds QC sentenced him to 18 months in a young offenders' institution.

But he rejected an application for a criminal behaviour order, banning Gibson entering garages and yards in the S5 postcode, without permission. He said "S5 Kingdom" may be a reference to a gang, but without more information from the police he was unable to impose the order.