A persistent burglar has been told his is getting too old to continue down the path of drug addiction and crime.
Darren Robinson targeted a hairdresser’s, a garden shed and a home during his latest spree of offending, Teesside Crown Court heard.
The 46-year-old was connected to the burglary at the hair salon after leaving traces of his blood at the scene on October 1 last year.
Caroline McGurk, prosecuting, said Robinson was back out again two weeks later when he was confronted by a home owner after breaking into his Saltburn home before stealing fishing gear and an expensive jacket from a nearby shed.
Dealing with the salon burglary, she said Robinson was captured on CCTV wearing a balaclava and was traced by blood he left behind after forcing open shutters and smashing a window. He stole £40 in cash and £100 worth of products.
“The burglary on Zetland Terrace took place at around 11pm,” she said. “he smashed a kitchen window to get in and the householder was in the living room.
“He picked up a music stand and went into the hallway where a confrontation took place and the defendant left the property.”
Ms McGurk said the defendant then targeted the shed where he stole £100 worth of fishing gear and a £300 jacket. He was arrested nearby and all the goods were recovered, she added.
The court heard how he has 26 convictions for 76 offences, including 55 for theft and burglary.
Robinson, of Ellerby Road, Eston, Middlesbrough, pleaded guilty to the burglary of the hair salon on Normanby High Street, the burglary at the home on Zetland Terrace and shed burglary on Windsor Road, both Saltburn.
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Tom Bennett, mitigating, said his client had managed to stay out of trouble for ten months after his last release from prison but had slipped back into drug use and criminal behaviour.
He said: “He acknowledges he is getting a little bit old for this now.”
Judge Peter Armstrong jailed the repeat burglar for a total of four years.
“Here you are again to be sentenced for burglary,” he said. “You’re now 46, you’re not an old man yet, but it’s time really that you packed in this life.”
