A burglar who said he was in a "zombie state" after his medication was stolen has been jailed for more than three years.

Prolific offender Lee Jenkins, 40, was still on licence from a previous prison sentence when he was spotted behaving strangely in the Ashbourne Road area of Bolton, Bradford on a June afternoon.

At the time Jenkins, of no fixed abode, was wearing gloves and a distinctive red football shirt, but he had no shoes on and had cloth around his feet.

Bradford Crown Court heard today how Jenkins, who had previous convictions for house burglary going back to when he was a juvenile, tried to get into the kitchen of one property in order to steal the keys to a BMW car on the driveway.

Judge Peter Benson said the female householder was unloading her shopping when Jenkins confronted her at the kitchen door.

After she shut the door on him, Jenkins tried to get back in and demanded the keys to the vehicle before getting into the BMW and releasing the handbrake.

The car rolled backwards before Jenkins got out and went into another house further along Ashbourne Road.

A neighbour, who had been watching Jenkins, went over to the house and reported seeing him inside the property.

When the house was searched a gold heart-shaped locket and chain were found to have been stolen, but the defendant left behind a bag containing documentation with his name on.

Jenkins was arrested nearby and today he pleaded guilty to charges of house burglary, burglary with intent to steal, attempting to steal the BMW, driving without insurance and without a licence.

Solicitor advocate Anne-Marie Hutton, for Jenkins, said he had very little recollection of the offending.

She said he had been living in a hostel following his release from prison last November, but he had had difficulties with his medication which meant he had been "walking around in a zombie state".

Miss Hutton said Jenkins wanted to apologise to those who had been harmed by his offending.

Judge Benson said Jenkins' previous record meant he now faced a minimum three-year jail term for the burglary.

The judge said Jenkins would have been locked up for 56 months following a trial, but his guilty pleas allowed the sentence to be reduced to 42 months.