Nottingham Post published Attempted burglary thwarted by neighbour

A Nottingham crook with an 'appalling record', whose burglary bid was thwarted by a have-a-go hero, has failed to win a cut in his latest jail term.Alwyn Hartley, 41, of Shakespeare Street, was caged for three years at Nottingham Crown Court on April 26.He admitted attempted burglary and possessing cocaine and cannabis.Hartley and another man tried to break into a house in Main Road, Gedling, on February 28 last year.Read more: Tesco brings in Dorothy Perkins, Evans and Miss Selfridge as part of