The VICTIM was left devastated because she lost her late husband's photos when her family home was burgled.
Marin Dragoi, a member of a Romanian burglary gang who smashed the window of Lynne Martin's house to get in, then took away her furniture and a laptop containing family photos, was sentenced for three years on Friday at Harrow Crown Court.
The 41-year-old, who was charged with 13 offences and with another 13 being taken into consideration, started a professional criminal career after arriving the UK in February 2009.
Ms Martin, the 58-year-old widow, who lives in Bushey, Hertfordshire, was described as feeling unsafe and extremely distressed at the court after the incident happened.
Her twin sister, Sue Griffin, said: “Everything my sister has worked for 35 years, all the memories of her husband, everything had been taken."
The court also heard Dragoi smeared excrement and semen at the victim's house after breaking into.
Recorder Richard Jacobs said to Dragoi at the court: “She was living alone, and she went to hospital to stay with her daughter.
“After returning home she found out rubbish was all over the place, furniture and computer were taken away.
“Particularly she said she felt unsafe, you didn't think about and care about.”
Dragoi was arrested in March and stole goods worth of total £48,000.
The gang target families while they are on holiday and caused many damages during burlaries.
Most of the break-ins occurred across Harrow, Barnet and Ealing.
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