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Ryan Ludgate has been jailed for 30 months A BURGLAR who left a family devastated after he ransacked their home and stole irreplaceable mementos has been jailed for 30 months. Ryan Ludgate targeted the family home when he went on a 24-hour burglary spree breaking into properties near where he lived in Darlington. One of his heartbroken victims told Teesside Crown Court the impact his burglary is still having on her family months later. In a poignant victim personal statement, Sarah Harris told Ludgate how the family had been left traumatised after returning home to find clothes and personal belongings strewn around the place and sentimental items, including a watch belonging to her husband’s late father, stolen.