A Queensland burglar who spent most of his life in jail has been handed one other jail sentence for stealing from 11 properties in a “one-month crime spree”.
Aaron Peter James Wilson, 35, confronted Brisbane District Court docket on Monday after pleading responsible to 10 counts of housebreaking and stealing, and 4 counts of fraud.
Crown prosecutor Stipe Drinovac stated Wilson dedicated the offenses between February and August, 2021 at properties throughout Brisbane’s northern outskirts, stealing greater than $271,450 price of products.
“(Wilson) was in custody for nearly 5 of these months, so successfully it is a one-month crime spree,” Mr Drinovac stated.
Mr Drinovac stated Wilson had focused valuables within the properties in addition to utilizing financial institution and bank cards to make $1500 price of purchases and promoting stolen gold at a pawn store for $880.
Wilson’s barrister Kate Fuller stated her shopper’s offending had been pushed by his drug dependancy, which had developed from an “extraordinarily prejudicial” childhood the place he didn’t know his father and his mom was jailed when he was aged 13.
“He’s very motivated to hunt out help and has had little alternative up to now as he has spent most of his life in jail,” Ms Fuller stated.
Decide Michael Burnett stated he would have been extra sympathetic in the direction of Wilson if not for his 122 prior convictions together with an incident the place he reduce off his digital monitoring bracelet.
“You have got a legal historical past that runs to 80 pages… Sadly for you, you could have spent quite a lot of your life biking out and in of jail: 15 of the final 18 years,” Decide Burnett stated.
“There’s an overriding group want for defense – significantly from somebody who has proven willingness to commit offenses on bail and parole.”
Wilson was sentenced to 6 years’ imprisonment together with his parole eligibility date set for Monday in recognition that he had already served 653 days in custody. However he’ll stay in jail pending any software for launch.
