Persistent Littlehampton criminal avoids jail sentence

3:09pm Friday 25th May 2012 in News

A persistent offender has escaped jail despite pleading guilty to nineteen different charges.

Billy Robinson, of West Way, Wick and pleaded guilty to a range of charges including theft, handling stolen goods, fraud, public order and drugs offences committed in February and March this year.

The 18-year-old was given an eight-month suspended sentenced and he was banned from driving for 12 months and ordered to pay more than £1,300 in compensation and court costs after appearing at Worthing Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday May 22.

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Archie Bun says...
3:59pm Fri 25 May 12

Why? Whoever sentenced him is not doing their job. If a plumber or carpenter etc does a bad job we expect our money back. Can't we taxpayers claim the same here?

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Pitviper says...
4:07pm Fri 25 May 12

WTF!!!! It would appear that the magistrates need retraining, this amount of offences warrants a custodial sentence not some liberal namby pamby treatment!!!!

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Goldenwight says...
4:30pm Fri 25 May 12

Hang on, EIGHTEEN offences (that were spotted and recorded) within a two month period? That's over two a week. I suspect that the report may have got a little mangled along the way!

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John Steed says...
6:35am Sat 26 May 12

£1300 in compensation, what are the chances of this being paid

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Tory Twit says...
9:00am Sat 26 May 12

Magistrates are hardworking, wealthy, upstanding members of society that do their best to relate to the victims of crime whilst often living in remote and affluent areas of their community. Well done, I say.

Perhaps the previous crimes were only directed at other poor people and are therefore far less serious. It's a good job this chap didn't bother someone important...otherwis
e he would be looking at serious jail time as well as the wrist slap.

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