A burglar who stole thousands of pounds in cash from a home has been jailed for four years and ordered to pay back the money.

Mark Lee Rowe, of Reform Street, Battersea, admitted burgling a property in Homefield Road, Wimbledon Village, in October and possession of drugs.

Police said at the time £2,280 was stolen, which is now to be returned to the victim.

Rowe, 37, admitted possession of diamorphine, a class A drug, and cannabis and burglary at a previous hearing at the same court on October 28.

He was jailed for four years at Kingston Crown Court on Thursday, November 27.