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image captionJack Tebbutt was jailed for five years and 10 months on Tuesday
A carer who killed a frail man by barging him to the floor during a burglary has been jailed.
Howard Staff, 66, who was housebound, died after sustaining a punctured lung in the break-in at Gibson Close, Wigston, Leicester, on 13 January 2020.
Leicester Crown Court heard Jack Tebbutt, 20, jumped over Mr Staff on the floor and took hundreds of pounds before spending the money on his girlfriend during a shopping spree.
He was jailed for nearly six years.
The court heard Tebbutt, of Central Avenue, Wigston, had previously looked after Mr Staff on 11 occasions as a fill-in for the regular carer and believed his victim to be immobile .