A serial burglar has been given a jail sentence after stealing the keys to a Range Rover.

Ashley Keyte, 24, admitted breaking into a house in Oxford Hill, Witney, on May 11 and stealing the keys to the £42,000 vehicle, which was later found dumped in Cheltenham.

Yeterday, Oxford Crown Court heard he had previous convictions for 48 offences and was currently in prison in Dorset serving two years after admitting a burglary in August.

Keyte asked for 21 other offences, including three burglaries, 15 thefts from motor vehicles and three vehicles taken without consent, to be taken into consideration.

He was jailed for 18 months to run concurrently with his existing jail term.