Homeless and hungry burglar broke into Wakefield shops and stole food to ensure prison return
He broke into the premises just days after receiving suspended sentence
A desperate burglar broke into two shops so he could be returned to prison, just days after avoiding custody.
Homeless Kyle Davison received a 15-month suspended sentence in April for burglary, but then targeted a convenience store and a Costa coffee less than two weeks later.
The 26-year-old then told the arresting officers that he wanted to be jailed.
Leeds Crown Court was heard that in the early hours of April 23, Davison and another approached Diallo Westgate on Wakefield’s Westgate.
Davison picked up an object and hurled it at the glass door. He then repeatedly kicked the window to make a hole, but the pair then left.
They returned a short time later and crawled through the hole they had made.
Davison picked up two packet of Daz detergent and a pack of cola, with a total value of £49. The repair cost to the door was £300.
Six days later on April 2, again in the early hours, Davison and another forced the front door open to the Costa on Northgate. Once inside, the second male picked up a laptop.
Davison gathered up sandwiches and drinks worth £45, prosecutor Oliver Kilvington said.
The pair left but Davison was arrested later that morning. He told officers that he wanted to go back to prison.
Appearing in court over a video link from HMP Leeds, where he was being held on remand, he admitted two non-dwelling burglaries.
He has 16 previous convictions for 24 offences dating back to 2015.
His last conviction was from April 14 - 12 days before the Diallo break-in - when he received a 15-month sentence suspended for 24 months.
The court heard that he had then failed to attend his first probation appointment.
Mitigating, Sarah Myatt said: “He made the comment on arrest that it was his desire to return to the prison estate.
“He knew his lifestyle was chaotic, he had issues with accommodation and living on the streets.”
She said he had issues with cannabis, ketamine and cocaine and wanted to return to prison as a “circuit breaker” for his spiralling life.
She said that when he is released, he wishes to move away from Wakefield. While in custody, Ms Myatt said he had been educating himself about his ADHD diagnosis, and was now on a drug-free wing at HMP Leeds.
Judge Simon Phillips KC gave him a new eight-month sentence and activated the full 15-month suspended sentence, making a total of 23 months.