Source: Liverpool_Echo
Steven Gerrard house burglar has sentence appeal rejected by judges
Alex Curran and Steven GerrardA BURGLAR who took part in a violent smash and grab raid on the home of Liverpool FC captain Steven Gerrard "richly deserved" his tough jail term, top judges have ruled.Martin John Wilson, 23 - one of a gang of thieves who smashed their way into Gerrard's mansion whilst he was away in France playing in the Champions League, just before Christmas 2007 - was told his sentence challenge was "completely unarguable".Gerrard's wife Alex Curran confronted the gang, who demanded she hand over jewellery and the contents of a safe or else they would "take her kids".Wilson, of Hollowcroft, Stockbridge Village, Merseyside, pleaded guilty to the burglary at Liverpool Crown Court and was jailed for seven years four months on June 7 this year.Today he asked Mr Justice Silber and Mrs Justice Sharp, sitting in London's Criminal Appeal Court, to cut that term, claiming he was treated too harshly.The court heard that the burglary took place on December 11 2007 as Gerrard, 30, led Liverpool to victory in a Champions League game against Marseille.Alex Curran had remained at the home on Merseyside, with their two young children, Lilly-Ella and Lexie and their nanny, Lyndsey Johnston.