A BURGLAR who had stayed out of trouble for ten years before breaking into a house was jailed for nine months yesterday.
Anthony Wright-King, broke into a home in Hemlington, near Middlesbrough, in the middle of the night in January, following the breakdown of a relationship which had kept him out of trouble for a decade.
At Teesside Crown Court yesterday, the 30-year-old, of Dalcross Court, Hemlington, admitted a charge of burglary.
He told police he had walked into the house through an unlocked conservatory door. He stole two mountain bikes worth £600.
Paul Cleasby, for Wright-King, said his client had not been in trouble for more than ten years, mainly because he had been in a good relationship. But when it broke down he began drinking heavily.
Judge Peter Fox QC said he reduced the sentence because he had not been in trouble for such a long time and had pleaded guilty.
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