Nov 18 2004
By Paul Beard, Evening Mail
A teenager who broke into a nursing home in the middle of the night to steal food from the kitchen carried out further burglaries after being granted bail.
Anthony Jordan, aged 18, of Kimpton Close, Druids Heath, Birmingham, was sentenced to two and a half years detention.
He had pleaded guilty to three charges of burglary and asked for five others to be taken into consideration.
Neil Chawla, prosecuting, told Warwick Crown Court that police went to The Green nursing home, in Wharf Road, Kings Norton, at 3.50am and found Jordan in the kitchen stealing food. He admitted climbing in through the window to get food, adding that he wanted to be arrested so he could sleep in a cell for the night.
Jordan was granted bail, and on November 1 a couple were in bed at their home in [Deleted], Kings Norton, when they heard banging downstairs and the dog barking.
As the man (that's me, folks!) made his way downstairs to investigate, his partner (the delectable C) looked out of the window in time to see the intruder climbing out of a window and escaping with property including a digital camera and two mobile phones.
When officers arrived she was taken out in a police car to search the area and saw Jordan crouching behind a car.
He ran away, leaving behind a DVD player and other property he had taken during a burglary at a house 300 yards away in [Deleted], but was found hiding behind a wall.
Because Jordan, who had a previous conviction for house burglary, had pleaded guilty to the nursing home raid in the magistrates court before being committed to the crown court, the later offences became his third conviction for domestic burglary.
As such, he was facing a minimum sentence of three years, but Mr Grego asked for him to be given credit for his early guilty pleas.
Sentencing Jordan, Judge Richard Bray said: "There must be a sentence of three years imprisonment now, but I give you a 20 per cent discount for your guilty plea."
Way to go, us!
