A GANG who stole more than £400,000 of designer goods from the mansion of former England captain John Terry have been jailed for nearly 28 years for a series of raids on luxury homes.

At the sentencing Judge Susan Tapping said the Terry burglary was part of a “carefully planned” series of raids on large luxury homes by a gang, one of whom was from Hampshire.

She described it as “a very successful campaign” spanning seven burglaries in which £600,000 worth of goods were stolen.

They were carried out by four men, each with a long history of offending, who gave no reaction from the dock as they were sentenced to a total of 27 years and 11 months in prison.

Terry’s mansion in Oxshott, Surrey, was targeted in February after the player posted pictures from the slopes of the French Alps with his wife Toni, telling his 3.4 million Instagram followers he was having a “great few days away skiing with family”.

The thieves took the chance to help themselves to property including designer handbags worth £126,00, more than £220,000 of jewellery and rare signed first edition Harry Potter books valued at £18,000.

But Judge Tapping criticised the footballer for broadcasting his life online, calling it a “mistake” to post a family photo on social media showing he was away.

Darren Eastaugh, 30, Joshua Sumer, 27, Roy Head, 28, and Oliver Hart, 25, pleaded guilty to burglary.

Sumer, of Havant, got eight years.