A Westbury teenager who broke into four houses while the occupants slept upstairs has been sent back to jail for two years.

Nigel Ingram had only been free for a few weeks when he started on his latest spate of offending, Swindon crown court heard.

Colin Meeke, prosecuting, said the 18-year-old had been put on a 12 month detention and training order last December after admitting house breaking.

He said the teenager was freed towards the end of May this year but returned to burgling early in July.

The first raid took place on Bath Road, Warminster, when he stole cash and credit cards after breaking in to a house.

"A Mr Frostick and his family retired to bed at 11pm on the night in question," Mr Meeke said.

"He was aware on the Sunday at about 6.15am that his wallet had been moved.

"His credit cards were gone and about £50 in cash.

"He only realised there had been a burglary when he went to the front room and found a window open."

The next raid took place at a house on St Andrews Road, Warminster, where he took credit cards and £110 from a Mrs Mahony, a woman in her 60s, who was asleep upstairs at the time. Ingram was also caught trying to use a stolen credit card at the Warminster branch of Dixon's, which he had taken from a car.

The court was told Ingram was convicted of a commercial burglary in March 2000 and two dwelling house burglaries in December 2001.

Ingram, of East Street. Westbury, pleaded guilty to two burglaries and one deception and also asked for two further burglaries to be taken into consideration.

Mike Pulsford, defending, said the teenager's partner was pregnant and he needed money for the baby.

"He accepts the court must send him to custody and he throws himself at its mercy," he said.

Jailing him, Judge Tom Longbotham said: "You are only 18 years old but you are already acquiring quite a criminal record.

"Since March 2000 you have been before the courts on three separate occasions for burglary.

"If your first burglary had been a dwelling house you would today have to go to detention for at least three years.

"If you get in trouble again for dwelling house burglary that will be the minimum sentence."