Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe ROTHERHAM, England, March 20 (UPI) -- A British burglar whose mid-crime 'selfie' was mistakenly sent to his victim's work colleagues was sentenced to two years and eight months in jail. Ashley Keast, 25, of Rotherham, England, pleaded guilty to burglary and being in breach of a suspended sentence in Suffolk Crown Court and was sentenced Tuesday to 32 months in jail, the BBC reported Thursday. Advertisement Accomplice Anthony Hunt, 27, of Rotherham, pleaded guilty to burglary and was sentenced to 18 months in jail. The court heard Keast and Hunt stole electronics, jewelry and an Audi A4 car from a Rotherham home while the owners were on vacation Sept. 11, 2013. Police said Keast used a SIM card stolen from the house to take a "selfie" with his own phone during the burglary. "Keast had stolen a SIM card from the property and, using another phone, took a 'selfie' and posted it on the whatsapp messenger application," a South Yorkshire Police spokeswoman said. "However, unknowingly, Keast also sent the picture to the victim's work colleagues, who became suspicious and contacted police." Read More Oxford Dictionaries picks 'selfie' as Word of the Year 2013 Degeneres' star-studded selfie breaks Twitter record Soldier 'selfie' of her hiding to avoid flag salute sparks outrage 400 gather for 'Detroit's Largest Selfie' 'Selfie' church burglar implicated in vehicle guitar theft Alabama high schooler told to apologize for 'selfie' with cadaver Police: Selfie taken with stolen phone leads to arrest
