
"You were the subject of suspended sentences.Every keystroke - a jump one cell in a given direction. You know that your offences were as a result of choices that you have made.

Sentencing Bolton, Judge James Patrick said: " You have turned to stealing from other people to fund gambling or drugs. The court was told Bolton was receiving therapy for this and is "sorry and very remorseful". He added Bolton had diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder due to incidents from his childhood. His barrister told the court Bolton had ditched a gambling habit only to end up with a £1,500 weekly drug addiction. During this incident, he stole a bank card and used it twice before a third attempt was unsuccessful.Īs part of the hearing, Bolton asked for commercial break-ins he conducted in Bristol and house burglaries in Dorset to be considered. Prosecuting barrister Ieuan Callaghan told the court Bolton was caught by DNA found from a burglary he carried out in Bournemouth in December last year at the home of an 88-year-old woman. Read more: Bibby Stockholm leaves Falmouth Harbour ahead of Portland Port arrival He pleaded guilty to theft from the shop along with multiple other burglaries, fraud and handling stolen goods and was jailed for five years and two months.

Bristol Crown Court heard Bolton hid in the store until after staff had locked up before carrying out the theft, during which he triggered an alarm while attempting to take jewellery.īolton, who was the subject of suspended sentences from previous crimes, was arrested in March and the court was told he asked police if they had seen footage of him dressed as a mouse, BristolLive reports. Daniel Bolton was caught on CCTV during a break-in at the St Peter's Hospice shop in the Haymarket area of Bristol in January.ĭuring the raid, the 34-year-old of Privet Road, Bournemouth, donned a Jerry costume from the Tom and Jerry cartoon. A man dressed up as a iconic cartoon character while trying to steal valuable items from a charity shop.
