A gang member who broke into footballer Ashley Cole’s home and threatened to cut his fingers off has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Kurtis Dilks, who was part of a four-strong gang which smashed into the home of former England footballer Ashley Cole and threatened to cut off his fingers, was jailed at Nottingham Crown Court for 30 years, with a five-year extended licence period. It came after the former England footballer said the “terror and confusion” on his children’s faces when the group of men broke in, tied him up and threatened to cut off his fingers “will never leave me”.