A 37-YEAR-old Bradford man is to have his recent jail term for burglary examined under a scheme for overly lenient sentences.
Dale Poppleton, of Charnwood Road, Undercliffe, was jailed for two years and five months at Bradford Crown Court last month.
The "ninth strike" burglar had smashed his way into a house in Idle and made an untidy search of the property in August last year.
The court heard that the police were alerted to reports of four men trying to break into the house in Brookfield Road shortly after midnight.
Officers found the front door had been severely damaged and a crowbar was lying nearby.
After the unoccupied house was boarded up, the police were again alerted that night when a paving slab was hurled at the door to gain entry.
Poppleton was arrested after blood matching his was found on wooden boarding used to secure the property after the earlier break-in attempt.
His sentence is being examined by the Attorney General's office as an Unduly Lenient Sentence, and could be referred to the Court of Appeal, where it may be increased.
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