A SOUTHAMPTON criminal who has been burgling since he was only 15 has had his latest prison sentence cut at the Court of Appeal.
Shaun Blything, 22, was jailed for three years and four months at the city’s crown court in November after admitting burglary and breaching a suspended sentence. Judges in London said the sentence was too tough on Blything, of Hanover Buildings, Houndwell Park, and slashed it to a total of two years and ten months.
Mr Justice Cranston, sitting with Lord Justice Hughes and Mr Justice Beatson, said the sentence was “too high” because the offence had been Blything’s first domestic burglary. His previous burgling had involved non-domestic premises, he said, although Blything did have numerous other offences to his name.
On July 1 last year, occupants of a house in Shirley returned to their home to find a back door had been forced and burglars had been into their home. In total, £15,000 worth of electrical equipment and jewellery had been taken and Blything was tracked down after leaving his DNA at the scene.
