Prolific burglar sentenced in Southend (From Southend Standard)
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Connor Diack given suspended sentence after admitting burglary in Basildon
3:10pm Wednesday 31st October 2012 in News By Emma Thomas
A “PROLIFIC” burglar escaped a custodial sentence after he convinced magistrates he was turning his life around.
Connor Diack admitted smashing a window of Billet Autosales on the Burnt Mills industrial estate in Basildon and stealing a Samsung camera worth £80.
The teen, of no fixed address, appeared at Southend Magistrates Court charged with the offence as well as breaching a previous court order by not attending drug tests.
The court heard he had recently started a full-time job and was trying to turn his life around.
He was given a three month prison sentence suspended for 12 months and ordered to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work.
He was ordered to pay £200 for the damage he caused to the window as well as £80 for the camera and £105 in court costs.
Chair of magistrates, Robert Caccavale, said: “You appeared here and were given a chance, we have thought long and hard and believe you haven’t wasted that chance. Ay progress, given your history, is good progress.”
Essex Police have applied for Diack, 19, to be made the subject of an ASBO banning him from roads across south Essex. His defence counsel, Paula Fell, contested this and a hearing was set for Tuesday, November 27 at Southend Magistrates Court.
He was given an interim ASBO which included barring him from entering Paycocke Road, Honywood road, Gardiners Lane South, Basildon, stopping him entering any school, college or church without a booked appointment and not to have of computers, games consoles or phones without receipts.
Comments(12)
SpiffSpaffington1984
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4:12pm Wed 31 Oct 12
perini
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4:22pm Wed 31 Oct 12
SpiffSpaffington1984 wrote:Or interrupt a rowing race that they're watching!!
Robert cockavale needs sacking, waste of oxygen, what does it take to get jailed nowadays? Oh yeah, an opinion that the government doesnt agree with
Eric Whim
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4:31pm Wed 31 Oct 12
jolllyboy
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4:55pm Wed 31 Oct 12
Nebs
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6:51pm Wed 31 Oct 12
another council tax payer
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8:45pm Wed 31 Oct 12
and it certainly puzzles me why the courts seem to take such lenient action against these feral individuals who can wreck peoples lives in some cases
Basildon.lad.21
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9:05pm Wed 31 Oct 12
lillie1967
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10:42pm Wed 31 Oct 12
Dumbnut
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2:13am Thu 1 Nov 12
another council tax payer wrote:^ Ditto ^. I got £125.00 compo, when he took over £600 worth of goods, home Insurance was £250 excess. He got a drug rehabilitation course & a suspended 12 month sentence. Go figure...
Having been burgled by a serial burglar some years ago it still haunts/hurts me now and it certainly puzzles me why the courts seem to take such lenient action against these feral individuals who can wreck peoples lives in some cases
perini
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12:43pm Thu 1 Nov 12
Basildon.lad.21 wrote:Has he really got a job or did he just say that so he would get a lesser sentance. Bet noone checked to see if he actually had got one!
The fact he has a fulltime job is why he aint been sentenced. I agree with the sentence to be honest. If he was out of work then a jail sentence would of been fair. But any more crimes then sentence him to 2 years in prison.
Brunning999
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7:16am Fri 2 Nov 12
Social engineering by both parties will be the norm, swinging from left wing to right wing every 5 years, under Labour Police will become Social workers under the Tories they will be Storm Troopers.
And lots of Chief Constables will be dismissed for whatever and replacements will be selected using the qualification of 'what party they belong to'
Very worrying.
Russ13 says...
3:23pm Wed 31 Oct 12
He needs locking up! End of!
The CPS/Courts are so soft it's just not funny.
Anyone want to start a sweepstake for when we'll see his name in the news again?