Lawrence Connor, 26, and James Loveridge, 37, James Loveridge junior, 18, and a 17-year-old male targeted family homes.

They were sentenced at Hamilton Sheriff Court after pleading guilty in December to breaking into a house in Bellshill during a daylight robbery and stealing gold jewellery worth £10,000 and £1000 in cash.

The convictions were aggravated by the gang’s connections to serious organised crime.

Connor, a prisoner, was handed a three-jail sentence, Loveridge senior, also a prisoner, was jailed for two years and his son, of Rochdale, Lancashire, was sent to a Young Offenders Institution for 20 months.

The fourth member of the gang was given a 300-hour community payback order.

Les Brown, procurator fiscal for South Strathclyde, said: “These convictions and the sentence should send a strong message to others involved in this kind of criminal behaviour and demonstrates the ability of police and prosecutors to investigate and prosecute serious and organised crime of this nature.

“The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service will continue working with the police and other agencies as a member of Scotland’s Serious and Organised Crime Taskforce to ensure that these crimes are detected and those responsible prosecuted using all measures at our disposal.”