Prolific burglar kept spiked broom handle in cell to protect himself against 'divvies'
burglar armed himself with a spiked broom handle and other “pokies” while on remand in prison for a number of break-ins in which he made off with cars and other goods. Jamie Horgan, 26, of no fixed abode but most recently of HMP Altcourse, was jailed for seven years and five months today (July 15) for his series of crimes relating to separate burglary sprees mainly in Widnes and Warrington and a stash of three improvised weapons found stowed in his cell, Liverpool Echo reports.