A cousin of Big Brother winner Paddy Doherty, who bit off the reality star's ear in a bare-knuckle fight, has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for burglary.

Johnny Joyce, 21, went on a thieving spree in Gillingham, Wrotham and Sidcup with his boxer brother Dougie, 23, and George Price, 20, while visiting Kent from the North.

The brothers, of Openshaw, Manchester, and Price, of St Helens, Merseyside, all admitted two burglaries and one attempted burglary.

Dougie Joyce was jailed for two years three months and Price was sentenced to the same period in youth custody.

Johnny Joyce had been due for release on August 22 this year from a 15-month sentence for affray over the fight with Doherty, 52.

He sank his teeth into the Big Brother winner and Big Fat Gypsy Wedding star's ear during a brawl outside a PC World store in Manchester in June last year.

Doherty had surgery to have the ear sewn back on. He admitted affray and was sentenced to a community order.

Maidstone Crown Court heard the burglaries were committed over three days in July 2010.

Andrew Espley, prosecuting, said the three men booked into a Holiday Inn hotel in Dartford with local man Martin Ward.

Mr Espley said their movements were tracked on CCTV, mobile phone cell site analysis and the automatic number plate recognition system.

The first burglary was at the chalet bungalow of car dealer Robert Nicholls in London Road, Wrotham.

As well as taking about £7,000 worth of property, including designer handbags and expensive watches, Mr Nicholls' £18,000 Mercedes ML car was stolen from outside.

The second successful burglary was in Old London Road, Sidcup, the four-bedroom chalet home of Albert Lee.

About £4,800 worth of property was taken from the house and £3,200 from a caravan. Most of it was recovered.

The attempted burglary was at the home of Bobby Beck in Hempstead Road, Gillingham, which had a high level of security.

Mr Espley said as well as the affray conviction, Johnny Joyce had previously been sentenced to detention and training for robbery and wounding.

Judge Philip Statman said: "Burglary is a deeply unattractive crime. It causes absolute misery. That goes without saying and you three jolly well know it."