Pair jailed after armed home invasion in Nuthall
Two men have been jailed following an armed home invasion in a Nottinghamshire home.
Last updated 5th Jun 2026
Two men have been jailed after smashing their way into a home in a Nottinghamshire village, leaving a man with serious injuries.
Wearing balaclavas, John McNee, 46, and Craig Morgan, 53, were among three people who broke into the house on Canterbury Close in Nuthall last June.
Seeing one of the intruders was armed with a hammer, the victim jumped out an upstairs window, breaking his leg in the process.
The intruders tried to steal a high-value car in the driveway and, upon failing that, fled the scene with £500 and a phone.
McNee and Morgan were identified from CCTV footage and mobile phone data that linked them all to the local area.
They were also linked to a stolen car used in the commission of the offence, which had travelled in convoy with a car registered to John McNee, who admitted to carrying a knife to the scene.
Damningly, detectives also recovered CCTV footage from McNee's home address showing both men together immediately before and after the break-in.
McNee, of Tunstall Crescent, Nottingham, and Morgan, of Lymn Avenue, Gedling, both pleaded guilty to burglary.
A third suspect in the case was charged but not convicted in connection with the case.
In addition, McNee also pleaded guilty to intimidating a witness after phoning a relative of the victim after the offence, and to another burglary in Nottingham city centre in September 2023.
Appearing at Nottingham Crown Court on Tuesday, McNee and Morgan were jailed for nine and five years respectively.
Detective Constable Tony Tonks, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: "This was a frightening experience for the victim who was simply going about his daily business when he was confronted in his own home by masked men.
"Both thought they could simply take what they wanted from this man without consequence, but hadn’t reckoned on the determination of multiple detectives, analysts and other specialist staff at Nottinghamshire Police.
"Together they were able not only to unmask these men, but to build an utterly compelling case against them that have led to these sentences."
Shaun Watson, aged 46, of Oakleigh Street, Nottingham, was jailed for 32 months for his part in the city centre burlgary, which took place at Gordon House on 5 September 2023.