A BURGLAR who broke into a Valleys home and asked a teenage girl if he could get into bed with her before attacking her father lost an appeal to have his sentence reduced.

Kris Leggatt, 29, was given an extended sentence of seven and a half years custody in March after he was convcted for forcing his way into a home in the early hours of August 28 last year.

But his defence team argued that was excessive because the judge did not fully take into account for his early guilty plea.

The Court of Appeal, sitting in Cardiff on Tuesday, heard the homeowner's 18-year-old daughter woke to find Leggatt standing over her bed before asking if he could get into bed with her.

The teenager alerted her parents and her father was involved in a scuffle with the intruder as he tried to detain him as the police were called.

Leggatt punched him to the face and bit his finger before stealing a set of keys and making off in the family car.

He was arrested two days later after police used DNA left at the scene to track him down, but he denied the offences in police interview.

He was later charged and in pleaded guilty to burglary, theft, and unlawful wounding but denied a count of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm for which he was due to stand trial in January, The prosecution later changed count three to wounding with intent and dropped the unlawful wounding charge.

Leggatt, of Nant Y Rhos, Pontllanfraith, Blackwood, admitted the outstanding count on the first day of his trial in January.

Judge Daniel Williams sentenced him to five years for burglary, three months for theft and gave him an extended sentence of 11 and a half years for the wounding charge.

He was told he must serve seven and half years in custody before being allowed out to spend the remaining four on licence.

Matthew Roberts, for Leggatt, appealed the sentence saying Judge Williams failed to fully take into account Leggatt's early guilty plea, giving him only a 25 per cent reduction on his tariff instead of the normal 33 per cent.

But Mr Justice Jeremy Baker, sitting with Mr Justice Pitchford and Mr Justice McDuff, said Leggatt, who has previous convictions for violence, rape and attempted rape, failed to make clear his intentions to plead guilty to the wounding charge earlier.

He dismissed the appeal saying the sentence was not manifestly excessive.