A ‘Hoover’ thief might be used the opportunity to get tidy of the drug routine that has blighted him.
James Duffy, 37, of Curbridge Road, Ducklington, was captured taking the ₤ 80 vacuum from the Sainsbury’s in Witney on October 5.
He then stopped working to go to court, being gotten on a warrant and appearing prior to the magistrates last month.
By confessing the theft, he was in breach of an 18 month suspended jail sentence enforced last May.
However when the case came prior to Judge Michael Gledhill KC for sentencing on Friday, Duffy’s lawyer Kellie Enever asked for the case to be adjourned.
She put the thief forward for evaluation for the Oxford drug rehab job, a cooperation in between the courts, addiction service Turning Point, HMP Bullingdon and probation. It sees respected transgressors offered locations at residential rehab as a direct option to prolonged spells in custody.
Ms Enever stated Duffy had actually formerly been thought about for drug rehab however, as his time on remand waiting for additional charges extended on for 8 months, he was ultimately offered a suspended sentence last May.
Judge Gledhill concurred to the request for the adjournment, remanding Duffy in custody to return to the crown court on Monday when he will be talked to by an officer from Turning Point.
If evaluated appropriate, the thief will invest numerous months on remand at HMP Bullingdon securing free from illegal drugs or their recommended options prior to then being moved to a drug rehab as part of a three-year community order.
This story was composed by Tom Seaward He signed up with the group in 2021 as Oxfordshire’s court and criminal activity press reporter..
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