THREE men have been jailed after they were caught red-handed committing a "brazen" daylight burglary at a mosque in Bradford.

John Caudrey and Stefan Wright, both 25, leapt out of a smashed window at the building in Maudsley Street, Barkerend, to escape the police, Bradford Crown Court heard today.

Wright broke his ankle by jumping a fence with a big drop on the other side.

Caudrey's brother, Ryan Caudrey, 23, drove a van as part of a team effort to make off with copper piping and radiators, prosecutor Richard Butters said.

The brothers, both of Studley Road, Undercliffe, Bradford, and Wright, who was homeless, pleaded guilty to burgling the building at 11am on February 14.

Mr Butters said there were several buildings on the site, off Leeds Road, and plans to create an Islamic University.

There had been previous problems there, with instances of vandalism reported to the police.

The floor was flooded and copper piping and radiators stacked up ready to carry off.

John Caudrey, Stefan Wright and Karl Rhodes, 25, of Crosley Wood Road, Gilstead, Bingley, admitted handling stolen goods after a high value burglary on January 22 at Holmes Mann packaging manufacturers, Harris Street, Bradford.

Thieves broke in at night through warehouse doors. The windows of three wagons were smashed and lockers raided.

Tools, including nail guns and a chain saw, were stolen, to a total value of £5,900.

Some of the haul was sold on to Cash Converters shops in the city, the court was told.

Howard Shaw, barrister for Wright, said the mosque building was derelict and he was unaware it was a place of worship.

The windows were already smashed when he went scavenging for scrap metal.

Wright was still on crutches after his fall.

Andrew Walker, for John Caudrey, said he too did not realise the building was being used as a mosque.

He did not cause any damage and he pleaded guilty at the first opportunity.

Ryan Caudrey did not go into the mosque, the court was told.

Rhodes was responsible for moving some stolen property from the warehouse burglary.

Recorder Richard Wright QC jailed Wright for 18 months and the Caudrey brothers for 12 months each.

Rhodes was sentenced to six months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, with 250 hours of unpaid work.

Recorder Wright said the mosque raid was "a brazen, daylight burglary."