A HARLOW teenager has been jailed after an armed raid at a home.

Jack Sullivan, 18, of Chapel Fields in Harlow was jailed for five years and four months for aggravated burglary and possessing an imitation firearm to cause fear.

Another man, Dieudonne Boison, 20, of Chobham Road in London, was jailed for seven years and six months, for the same offences.

The pair were sentenced at at Bristol Crown Court on Wednesday, July 28.

It comes after an elderly man, women and children were terrified when two balaclava-clad men, brandishing at least one revolver, burst into their home in Bristol in December last year.

Instead of stealing a supposed stash of cash, the intruders fled with just a mobile phone and were stopped by armed police on the M4 near Swindon.

The court heard when the house occupants heard noises they investigated, and Boison and Sullivan ran at them.

The court heard that one of the householders was able to call police and others for help.