Burglar spared jail to be father
A TEENAGER who has committed burglaries since he was 14 was spared a prison sentence so he can be a "brilliant dad" to his baby daughter.
Bristol Crown Court heard from Mark Badman's partner that he had helped support her when the baby was born three months early.
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Badman, 19, of Hazel Grove, Horfield, had pleaded guilty to burgling The Boudoir Salon in Kellaway Avenue, stealing four pairs of hair straighteners worth £348, an iPod and docking station worth £150 and a cash box containing £150 cash.
It was his eighth offence of burglary since his first, which he committed before his 15th birthday.
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Kannan Siva, prosecuting, said Badman had been caught because his fingerprints were found on a box containing straighteners that were found outside the premises.
He said the owner of the premises and her family slept above the shop and had suffered a great deal of "distress and upset" because of the burglary on August 17 last year.
Richard Sheppard, defending, conceded his client had a "poor record" but was a subordinate in part of what was a bigger group burglary, in which the family's Audi car had also been stolen.
Badman's partner Chelsea Bartlett told the court: "I had my baby three months early and he was there with me when I did. She is nearly six months old now.
"He is a brilliant dad to his daughter. I think having her has really made an impression on him."
Recorder Nicholas Atkinson QC gave Badman a six-month suspended jail sentence. Badman was also given a two-year community order with supervision.
The judge said: "You have been before the courts too many times and cannot afford to come back again."
Comments
by Cider_Dog
Monday, January 30 2012, 12:36PM
“A brilliant father and a brilliant thief by the look of it...8 burglaries (that's 8 arrests NOT the actual number he is likely to have committed) and he is a FREE man!
Maybe we should put him up for the 'Father of the Year' award?”
by blowtorch
Monday, January 30 2012, 12:12PM
“This sort of sentence shouldent surprise anybody these days.”
by Dingslady
Monday, January 30 2012, 12:01PM
“Kingsmeadboy & arealbristol....I just fell off my chair and have tears in my eyes! Thanks for the damn good larf! :))))”
by bubbled
Monday, January 30 2012, 8:18AM
“Yet another early release scheme.........”
by marsy12
Monday, January 30 2012, 3:35AM
“This really does not surprise me one bit!”
by arealbristol
Sunday, January 29 2012, 9:47PM
“Good point Kyngsmeadboy
Does anybody want to take any bets as to how long it is before she swaps it for a Westlife CD.
Yeah but no but yeah but no but yeah but no but yeah....”
by Kyngsmeadboy
Sunday, January 29 2012, 7:54PM
“...but what would Chelsea write arealbristol??
what he dun woz rong i now that so duz he i luv im an e luvs our babys hes ternd ovr a new leave an promices nevr to get court agen an thts gud enuff 4 me an the babys. The airstratners wur no gud anywhay.”
by arealbristol
Sunday, January 29 2012, 6:35PM
“Also,
Perhaps Chelsea Bartlett should come on here...
Cmon Chelsea who's the daddy? (Ok father of your child)”
by arealbristol
Sunday, January 29 2012, 6:32PM
“Does anybody else think that ki121 is either Badman or his girlfriends mum?
I can't imagine anyone else showing such blind loyalty towards a habitual criminal. Then again there may be honour amongst thieves.”
by qd501
Sunday, January 29 2012, 4:21PM
“ki121, as badly written as your comment is, it appears to me that you condone Badman's criminal behaviour. If he has been caught eight times already, how many burglaries has he actually committed?
It is thieving scum like him that blight this city for the decent, hard working majority. That you support him speaks volumes about your own broken moral compass.”