An "extremely violent" burglar who threatened to abduct the children of Steven Gerrard and Alex Curran during a raid on their home has been jailed for seven years and four months.
Martin Wilson, 22, was part of a gang of masked thieves who smashed their way into the England and Liverpool captain's mansion.
The star's wife, Ms Curran, 27, confronted the gang who demanded she hand over jewellery and the contents of a safe or else they would "take her kids", Liverpool Crown Court heard.
Wilson, of Hollowcroft, Stockbridge Village, Merseyside, pleaded guilty to the burglary last month.
Sentencing, Judge Robert Warnock told him: "You threatened the occupants of the house with violence and the use of a knife.
"Particularly seriously, you threatened to abduct the children if she did not hand over the safe.
"You are both venal and extremely violent. You have no regard for the dignity and security that is the right of every householder.
"Your actions are determined by your own selfishness and greed."
The defendant is already serving six years and eight months in jail after admitting conspiracy to burgle at Liverpool Crown Court last June.
He was told his sentence will run concurrently and is expected to add another two years to his total time in prison. Wilson blinked away tears as he was taken down to the cells.
