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Golf buggy ride lands Clowne man in jail
A CLOWNE man is behind bars again after a court heard how he raided a golf club and careered around the course on a buggy.
Stephen Priest also stole lead from the roof of an outbuilding at Barlborough Links Golf Club and then entered the premises where he was arrested by police on the night of 3rd April. this year.
"A golf buggy was taken. He drove it directly at the doors, causing them to break, and then rode it around the golf course," prosecutor Becky Mahon told Chesterfield magistrates on Monday.
"It ran into a ditch and he abandoned it and he went to a nearby building site, where he was found by police trapped in the window of a Portakabin as he attempted to enter it."
Priest, 29, of Neale Street, Clowne, was jailed for two months in May for burglary at the building site and breaching a community penalty.
He had initially told police he had not raided the golf club but was later charged with the burglary and brought back to court.
Priest admitted burglary, theft of 50 worth of lead, and aggravated vehicle-taking in connection with the golf buggy. He also asked for 35 other offences, mainly shed break-ins, to be considered.
The bench locked him up for a total of six months as well as banning him from driving for a year, saying that the offences they had taken into consideration involved "many thousands of pounds worth of goods."
"The golf vehicle ended up in a dune and he wasn't successful in the burglary at the building site as he got stuck in a window. Police arrived to see his legs sticking out of the building," said Phil Bloore, defending.
"He knows custody is inevitable. He wishes he had admitted all the other offences earlier on as he would probably have served only one period inside."
"He went on to make a clean breast of all matters."
Mr Bloore added: "An addiction to amphetamine was at the root of his offending. It led to him splitting up with his partner and committing petty burglaries to fund his habit and to survive."
"He has since weaned himself off amphetamine and is now back with his girlfriend and looking for work."
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