The fifth member of a gang who committed a terrifying robbery in North Yorkshire has been jailed for 13-and-a-half-years.

Jonathan Bennett, 24, of Harrogate, was sentenced at Bradford Crown Court on Tuesday, November 29, after being found guilty by jury in September of conspiracy to rob.

Bennett is already serving a prison sentence of 32 months handed down last month for conspiracy to commit burglary following a burglary in Fewston in November 2014.

Bennett was one of the organisers of the robbery, which took place at a house in Lands Lane, Knaresborough, in May 2015 and left a man in his forties with stab wounds to his leg, arm, face and hands.

They also grabbed his wife by the hair and threatened her before fleeing with a substantial amount of jewellery.

The gang were caught following an extensive police investigation which involved analysis of mobile phones, Automatic Number Plate Recognition images and CCTV.

Bennett's four accomplices involved in the Knaresborough robbery, all from Leeds, were sentenced on September 30, and include Joel Richard Hutchinson, 30, and Lewis Jordan Walker, 29, who were both sentenced to 13 years and seven months imprisonment, Jason Henriques 25, and Shelby Bruce, 24, who were both sentenced to 16 years imprisonment. Hutchinson and Walker had pleaded guilty at the start of the trial.

Bruce was given an additional year in prison after punching a co-defendant in court and Walker received an extra four months for spitting at another gang member during the proceedings.

Detective Chief Inspector Dave Ellis said: "Bennett’s imprisonment brings the legal proceedings to a conclusion in this shocking case and I sincerely hope that it brings some kind of closure for the victims who were left terrified by these vicious and violent men.

"I also hope the residents of Knaresborough are reassured that the men who brought terror to their neighbourhood are now behind bars for a very long time."