Banned nuisance who would 'clear shelves' at Castleford Sainsbury's finally jailed
He ignored order days after court appearance
A thief who was banned from a shop repeatedly ignored a court order to keep away and continued to steal.
Darryl Webster was jailed at Leeds Crown Court this week after it was told he would brazenly “clear shelves” of the Sainsbury’s convenience store on Castleford’s Smawthorne Lane and walk out.
A criminal behaviour order (CBO) was imposed last month banning him from the store, but within days had returned to continue his stealing spree.
The 26-year-old admitted eight new thefts, seven from the same shop and one from a Greggs bakery.
He also admitted six breaches of the new CBO and two dwelling burglaries of empty homes that were under renovation.
The judge, Recorder Christopher Knox told him: “You were clearing shelves, picking up great quantities of stuff.
“I’m afraid there’s just too much here [to avoid jail].
“You were not the slightest bit influenced [by the CBO]. You took no notice of the courts.
“You were clearly not bothered about being caught. Drugs had taken control of everything.”
Webster, of Mallard Road, Castleford, was jailed for 24 months.
The court was told that Webster and two other women, including co-defendant Sonya Beaumont, twice broke into a home on Barnes Road, Castleford on April 29 and 30.
They stole tools from the property, but Webster left his DNA at the scene. All three were later arrested.
With Webster given his CBO at Leeds Magistrates’ Court in early June, it was only a matter of days before he returned to the Sainsbury’s store.
He took burgers, drinks, sweets, ice cream and the other items, returning repeatedly.
A probation report found he had a long-standing addiction to crack cocaine and had built up a massive debt, meaning dealers would regularly frogmarch him to ATMs to withdraw money.
Mitigating, Jessica Heggie said due to his addiction, Webster had “lost perspective of what was happening in his life”.
She said the time he had been spent on remand since his arrest had been a “circuit breaker” for his criminality.
Meanwhile, the court heard that 23-year-old Beaumont, of Gannet Close, Castleford, had been the lookout during the burglaries.
She has no previous convictions, so Recorder Knox gave her a nine-month sentence, suspended for 18 months, with 20 rehabilitation days and a nine-month drug-rehabilitation requirement to help combat her own crack cocaine addiction.