Southampton striker Danny Ings' £2.5m home was raided by armed burglars while he was playing in a match.
One man has now been jailed after admitting his part in the burglary, which took place while Ings was playing in a Premier League match for Southampton.Southampton Crown Court, Hants, heard how 21-year-old Jack Cove and two other unknown men broke into the striker's home. The player - who signed for Saints from Liverpool in 2018 for a reported £18 million - discovered his home had been ransacked when he returned with a friend at about 7pm.
The court also heard violent Cove and another person kicked their way into a second home in Southampton, Hants, on March 21.Cove was involved in a third burglary on September 17 - with two others - but was arrested after a neighbour called police.