Two men who forced their way into a couple’s home, threatening to harm them both with a hot iron and power tools, demanding money have been sentenced to a combined total of 25 years in prison

Scott Thomas, 31, of no fixed abode, Hull, and Colin Mellors, 41, of Belmont Street, Hull, were sentenced at Hull Crown Court following a week long trial in which a jury returned a guilty verdict for both men’s involvement in the crime.

On 16 August last year, a report was received from a man that he and his partner had been attacked in their home.