THREE men have been jailed for their involvement in a gang which burgled and killed a pensioner in his home.

Daniel Coker, 23, of London Road, Salisbury, and 19-year-old Trevor Gray, of The Friary, Salisbury, were jailed for manslaughter and conspiracy to burgle, following the death last year of 75-year-old Reginald Baker.

Coker was sentenced to six years in prison and Gray to five years and nine months in a young offenders’ institution.

John Wayne Wilkinson, 40, of Ford Lane, Ferndown, was sentenced to three years for conspiracy to burgle. He had been found guilty of orchestrating the burglary which ended in Mr Baker’s death.

Coker and Gray were waiting in a car near Mr Baker’s home in Beech Grange, Landford near Salisbury, while two of their friends tortured the 75-year-old to death on September 5 last year. Both admitted their part in the crimes.

Joby Barney, 25, of Ringwood Road, Alderholt, and John James, of London Road, Salisbury, were both given life sentences for murder following a trial at Winchester Crown Court last month.

Sentencing at Bristol Crown Court, Judge John Royce told Coker and Gray: “It must have been quite obvious to the two of you that something very serious had taken place within that house and yet what did you do?

“The four of you exchanged some coins that had been taken from Mr Baker then the four of you, that evening, went on a drinking spree, which indicates that the remorse you now say you have is remorse that was not present on that day.”

Mr Baker, who had terminal cancer, suffered horrific injuries including a broken back and neck, 62 fractures to his ribs and extensive deep muscle bruising.