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Daily Mail
16-07-2025
- Daily Mail
'Present-day Fagin' who used child to steal £1,000 of Lego to fund his drug habit is jailed
A 'present-day Fagin' who used a child to steal £1000 worth of Lego and took other children into food and toy stores has been jailed. Bradley Trott, 32, travelled from town to town taking items like meat and cheese to fund his drug habit during a spree in January this year. He was likened by a judge at Bristol Magistrates Court to the character Fagin from Charles Dickens' classic novel Oliver Twist who sent children out to pickpocket for him. Trott got one child to help him steal Lego boxes worth £922.50, The Sun reports. District Judge Lynne Matthews said: 'You have every appearance of being a present-day Fagin. 'You have been taking children into stores and getting them to help you steal goods to fund your habit. 'My view is that you pose a risk to children and it's very likely you will commit further offences.' Trott, of Bristol, travelled around Bristol, Bath, Radstock and Glastonbury in Somerset on his thieving spree in January of this year. He admitted five charges of theft and one of attempted theft with all offences except for one involving at least one male child, who helped stash the stolen goods. Trott was jailed for 26 weeks. The 'present-day Fagin' also admitted driving a VW Golf while high on cocaine without insurance. He has been banned from driving for 21 months, which includes his prison sentence. The court heard Trott had a 'decent family background' but began using substances at the age of 17. He was previously sentenced on January 29 for theft and handed a community order, in an attempt to address his drug issues. But DJ Matthews said the community order was not working and children being 'actively used to facilitate' the offences was an aggravating factor. And so Trott was given his first prison sentence. He was also ordered to pay a statutory surcharge of £187 on his release.
Yahoo
29-06-2025
- Yahoo
He didn't learn his lesson and was filmed crawling around on the floor
A "prolific offender" burgled the same mosque twice within the space of a year. David Roberts was filmed crawling around the floor of the place of worship after apparently "forgetting" about the same CCTV cameras which had ensnared him previously. His latest crime spree also saw him break into a food bank and a church before he was arrested in a priest's bath. These break-ins had apparently been undertaken in order to fund the £200-a-day drug habit which has "consumed his life". Liverpool Crown Court heard this week that Roberts, of Clapgate Crescent in Widnes, attended a mosque on Arpley Street in Warrington while worshippers were attending prayers. There, the 43-year-old was caught on CCTV trying on pairs of shoes which members of the congregation had taken off while praying before stealing one man's jacket and a mobile phone which had been left inside the pocket. READ MORE: Abuser who stalked ex and chased her down an alleyway dies in prison READ MORE: DWP benefit payment dates for July 2025 Zara Kayani, prosecuting, described how the defendant then struck at Widnes Foodbank at around 7pm on April 29, gaining entry by smashing a rear window and stealing food. The area around this window was left "covered in blood" as a result of the burglary. Roberts would go on to target St Alban's Church in Bewsey, Warrington, the following day. A parishioner was said to have called police after being alerted to the burglary in progress by the alarm system being set off at around 8.30am. Officers then attended and found the intruder in the bath of the priest's adjoining living quarters, with a quantity of cash which he had apparently taken from the property being found in a bin inside the bathroom where he had attempted to lock himself in. Having been arrested, Roberts then urinated in a holding cell at Cheshire Police's Runcorn Custody Suite. His criminal record shows a total of 58 previous convictions for 104 offences. This includes a 26-week in June last year for a burglary at the same mosque, he and an accomplice having taken between £700 and £1,200 of cash from charity boxes during a break-in earlier that month. Paul Wood, defending, told the court: "Matters are obviously going to be aggravated by his very poor record. Many of these offences are extremely old, but clearly not all." Mr Wood added of Roberts' wife, who was present in the public gallery: "Her health is precarious. This has been a testing time for her, and it has for the defendant. While they have had a turbulent relationship, they have been married for four years and he loves his wife. "He has a long standing drug problem. He instructs me, at its worst, it is £200 per day. When things go wrong and he has had an argument with his wife, he goes back to his old habits. Since he has been in custody, he instructs me that he is clean and that he feels better. "It is a habit which has consumed his life for nine years. He is from a deprived and difficult background. He had a horrific childhood. He is a product, quite frankly, of his upbringing." Roberts admitted three counts of burglary, criminal damage and failing to surrender to bail and asked for a further a further burglary, on Foregate Street in Chester, to be taken into consideration. Appearing in the dock wearing a short sleeved blue and red checked shirt, he was jailed for two years and two months on Thursday. Sentencing, Recorder Louis Browne KC said: "You have a dreadful criminal record. Of these, 47 are for theft or kindred offences. You have mitigation, consisting of a troubled childhood and some mental health problems. "Your wife has a serious medical condition. I bear that in mind. To describe you as a prolific offender would not be an understatement." Roberts put his thumb up and waved to his partner, who told him "phone me, I love you", as he was being led to the cells. He replied: "I will do. I love you." Cheshire Police's Sergeant Graham Robinson said following the hearing: "Having previously been convicted of a burglary at the same mosque in 2024, Roberts was well aware of the CCTV cameras that were in place at the premises. However, it appears that he thought that he could evade detection by crawling across the floor to steal the items, before making good his escape. "Unfortunately, what he appears to have forgotten is that the cameras cover the whole room. After reviewing the footage, we were quickly able to identify him as the offender and he's now back behind bars where he belongs'
Daily Mail
16-06-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
Mounjaro has cured me of these three common life-limiting conditions. I'm healthier now at 60 than I was at 40...
Since mid-January, I've been hiding a secret drug habit. Once a week I sneak off and jab myself with a syringe I bought online. Aged 60, I am one of the fast-growing band of midlife women using 'skinny jabs' even though I'm not obese (I'm 5ft 7in tall, back then weighed 13st and I don't have diabetes.)
