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Burglar spared jail sentence

7:20am Wednesday 8th February 2012 in Crime

Burglar spared jail sentence Burglar spared jail sentence

A £200-a-day drug abuser, who took part in a raid on a business centre, was spared a prison sentence.

Alexander Hand, 20, admitted five burglaries and one attempted burglary at the Solent Enterprise Cenre in Millbrook Road West, Southampton last July.

Prosecutor Nicholas Cotter told the city crown court that after police learnt the identity of an accomplice, they went to his home where they found Hand and a lot of the stolen property.

Leah Dillon, defending, outlined how Hand was now virtually clean after seeking help with his drug problem.

Recorder Anthony Davies QC sentenced Hand, of Belmont Road, Portswood, to 12 months supervision with an order to perform 200 hours unpaid community and pay £70 costs.

The judge was told another man was due to appear before the crown court in connection with the burglaries next week.

Comments(18)

bigfella777 says...
7:33am Wed 8 Feb 12

Sounds fair £70 quid fine for 5 burglaries, after all he did have a drug problem the poor love.Expect to see him back in the news soon.

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loosehead says...
7:41am Wed 8 Feb 12

So breaking the law & taking illegal drugs & then breaking the law burgling a business & this is what he gets?
Did we ask him to get hooked on drugs?
the reason many of these are illegal is because they're addictive .
In life you make decisions & you have to live by them maybe a years term in a rehab clinic or a term he can't leave until he's cured would be better

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hulla baloo says...
7:46am Wed 8 Feb 12

I find it amazing the number of addicts that seek help and come clean after thay have been caught, and not before they commit a crime.
Would love to know the actual figure of those that actually went through with this and succeeded.

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SPIKEISLANDTRADER says...
7:59am Wed 8 Feb 12

Dont clean em up , give them a final lethal cocktail. A trip of their life . Bye Bye , problems ... SIMPLES

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Totton Ric says...
7:59am Wed 8 Feb 12

OMG,as in as many weeks,Crime does pay,maybe I need to give up my law abiding job & take a life of crime, it’s a Joke that as in many weeks a major crime has happened & all they get is Community Service, The Country has gone soft. This should have been a case of at least 12 months inside !

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Higginz says...
8:05am Wed 8 Feb 12

If he offends again, how about sending the Judge down with him?

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SPIKEISLANDTRADER says...
8:09am Wed 8 Feb 12

Oooh love it BACK A OFFENDER or do the time as well ! It would make for interesting court cases , better than a episode of Corrie or Enders

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Bindun says...
8:38am Wed 8 Feb 12

This man is obviously very talented. He should be offered a job working for our government. We could send him to the middle east where he could help us steal oil and cultivate heroin.

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Taskforce 141 says...
9:15am Wed 8 Feb 12

Yet another of the farce which is the English criminal justice system, We cant even deport terrorists so am i surprised a heroin fiend who is guilty of 5 burglaries (of which we know) is let off?

Sadly not! Utter disgrace

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jazzi says...
9:18am Wed 8 Feb 12

Don't forget how he now is entitled to maximum benefits to fund his habit just like drinkers. I swear crime does seem to pay very well theses days .

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Goldenwight says...
9:20am Wed 8 Feb 12

What does "virtually clean" mean? Is that a bit like "virtually law-abiding?"

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loosehead says...
9:23am Wed 8 Feb 12

Taskforce 141 wrote:
Yet another of the farce which is the English criminal justice system, We cant even deport terrorists so am i surprised a heroin fiend who is guilty of 5 burglaries (of which we know) is let off?

Sadly not! Utter disgrace
Not English but European legal system.
Don't forget it was them who over ruled our courts to allow that scum to stay here & them who throw human rights at us as an excuse to let these people off.
So let's get the hell out of the EU & run our country & courts ourselves

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loosehead says...
9:24am Wed 8 Feb 12

Goldenwight wrote:
What does "virtually clean" mean? Is that a bit like "virtually law-abiding?"
No he goes on a computer plays a virtual him & he's clean?

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jimmy.little says...
11:22am Wed 8 Feb 12

top tip... just say you have a drug problem and you are getting help and you pretty much get off for free.... the aritical said they found "a lot" of the stolen goods, so i presume he sold some of it to cover his £70 fine... only fair i guess

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bazzeroz says...
11:23am Wed 8 Feb 12

This cuntry has lost the plot! I done wrong as a teenager and got sent down for it on my 1st offence as well!

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Nutstrangler says...
11:55am Wed 8 Feb 12

Wonder if he would have been treated so leniently had it been the home of Anthony Davies Q.C., that he had turned over ?

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Taskforce 141 says...
12:04pm Wed 8 Feb 12

loosehead wrote:
Taskforce 141 wrote:
Yet another of the farce which is the English criminal justice system, We cant even deport terrorists so am i surprised a heroin fiend who is guilty of 5 burglaries (of which we know) is let off?

Sadly not! Utter disgrace
Not English but European legal system.
Don't forget it was them who over ruled our courts to allow that scum to stay here & them who throw human rights at us as an excuse to let these people off.
So let's get the hell out of the EU & run our country & courts ourselves
**** Straight!!

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Taskforce 141 says...
12:04pm Wed 8 Feb 12

ok that was D.A.M.N not offensive ECHO you 'tards!

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