LONDON: Police in Britain say a thief who robbed a 91-year-old woman of her jewelry and then used her wedding ring to make a marriage proposal has been jailed.
West Midlands Police said Saturday that 38-year-old Steven Reid and an accomplice broke into the woman's home. Police say Reid used a gold wedding ring to propose to a woman several days later.
That woman later recognized the ring in a police appeal for the return of stolen jewelry and contacted police.
Reid received a four-year, nine-month sentence at Birmingham Crown Court for burglary. Accomplice Jerome Jones received a slightly shorter sentence.
Police did not say if the wedding proposal had been accepted.
UK police say thief who proposed with stolen ring is jailed
UK police say thief who proposed with stolen ring is jailed
