India, Feb. 3 -- It was a split-second decision. As masked raiders smashed their way into the property, a man ran back to the bedroom and barricaded himself and his wife inside - armed only with a lamp - while the intruders tried to prise open the door, according to Sky News.

The couple were Anya Taylor-Joy, the Golden Globe-winning Hollywood star known for The Queen's Gambit, the Dune films and Peaky Blinders, and her husband, Malcolm McRae.

One of the burglars, Kirk Holdrick, 43, from Borehamwood in Hertfordshire, has since been jailed on Tuesday, according to a BBC report.

Described as a career criminal with convictions dating back to his teenage years, Holdrick admitted the London burglary and was handed a further three-year custod...