By Tara Brady PUBLISHED: 12:22 EST, 10 June 2013 | UPDATED: 14:09 EST, 10 June 2013 Three men who raided 45 homes across the South East of England and stole £25,000 from elderly people in just six months have been jailed. Patrick Cawley, his brother John Cawley and James Boyle pretended to be police officers to trick their way into the pensioners' homes. In all cases they would flash a fake police warrant card before telling their victims they had arrested someone for a burglary in the area and that they needed to check if anything had been stolen from their homes.
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Patrick Cawley, John Cawley and James Boyle pretended to be police officers to trick their way into the homes
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The con artists targeted elderly people in their 80s and 90s
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All three have been jailed at St Albans Crown Court
@placeholder, 54, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit distraction burglary and was sentenced to six years eight months imprisonment.