Saturday 12 April 2008

Timothy Beamish also stole from his own father and threatened to stab a policeman with a needle when he was arrested

Timothy Beamish also stole from his own father and threatened to stab a policeman with a needle when he was arrested.
Claire Marlow, prosecuting, told Swindon crown court the 27-year-old was banned from going to his gran's home in Bodinrar House, Calne, by a court order.
She said Kathleen Jones had obtained a non molestation order against her grandson in March last year stopping him from going within 100 yards of her home.
But on Saturday March 1 the 73-year-old was at home in the block of flats and her son in law, Beamish's dad Paul, was also there.
At about 3.30pm he appeared at the patio door asking for money, which they refused to give him.
He then went into the flat rifled through the pockets in the side of his gran's handbag taking out three £20 notes before leaving when she said she would call the police.
A few days later on Thursday March 6 his dad had stayed the night at his mother in law's house when he heard her saying "Tim get out" at about 11am.
Beamish then went to the room where his dad had been and picked up his wallet only to be told it was empty.
He then left and his dad realised his Nokia mobile phone was missing so contacted the police.
They spotted Beamish on nearby Grierson Close where he had just sold the phone for £10 to Westlea Housing Association worker William Morton.
As one of the officers approached and detained him Beamish said "Let go, I have got a needle. I'll stab you".
However he was restrained and indeed found to have a syringe in his pocket as well as the £10 which he said he had got for the phone.
As well as admitting taking it and selling it he also said he had taken the cash a few days earlier.
Beamish, of Cornflower Close, Calne, admitted two counts of burglary, threatening behaviour and breaching an injunction.
The court heard he had been put on a 120 day jail term suspended for a year in July last year for another burglary and other matters.
Michael Wills, defending, said his client had committed the offences because of his problem with alcohol and his "awful addiction to heroin".
Jailing him Judge Douglas Field said "You have an appalling record for a man of 27. It is a dwelling house burglary and there are two matters that make it serious.
"First there is your grandmother, who previously had come here to seek the court's protection against you in the form of a non molestation order, was present and she must have been very frightened when you went there. Secondly you have previous convictions for dwelling house burglary."

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