A MASKED knifeman has been jailed for 13 years after robbing a pensioner in his own home.

Wearing a balaclava and wielding a knife, Wesley Walters burst into the 83-year-old's home, threatened him and then stole £850 from his pocket.

Now Walters has been jailed after admitting the robbery, which took place in the St Mary's area of Southampton on July 21, 2018

Walters actions were branded as "dreadful" by Judge Nicholas Rowland, who jailed Walters for 13 years.

In sentencing Walters, of Rampart Road, Southampton, for one count of robbery, Judge Rowland said: "You used a weapon, a knife, to threaten an 83-year-old man.

"To add to that you ransacked his property as well.

"It seems to me this was targetting of a vulnerable man. It was quite dreadful what you did."