A homeless man who stole a motorbike from a vacationer’s automotive’s roof-top cover at a Bunbury lodge has been positioned behind bars.
Daniel Crotty, 45, appeared in Bunbury Magistrates Courtroom on Monday by way of video hyperlink from Bunbury Regional Jail the place he pleaded responsible to the stealing cost.
Between the night and early morning hours of February three and 4, Crotty entered the carpark of Bunbury Lodge Koombana Bay the place he accessed the roof-top cover of a parked car, taking a blue and white racing bike, valued at $1200.
At 9.30am the next day, Crotty was positioned sleeping in a park with the bike when he was arrested by the police.
The person has remained in custody since then.
Crotty’s lawyer instructed the court docket the person was homeless on the time of offending, having simply come out of jail, and that he was inebriated on the time the incident occurred.
Though the incident is taken into account to be on the decrease finish of seriousness, the offending triggered a jail time period regarding a suspended imprisonment order Crotty had been positioned on for a previous cost of widespread assault.
Justice of the Peace Benjamin Tyers handed down an eight month sentence for the person, backdated to February 4, saying the person had a “appreciable historical past of dishonest offending”.
He additionally fined Crotty $500 associated to the assault and ordered $600 in reparation to the sufferer of the stealing.
