A would-be burglar has been locked up after police found a text message he sent before trying to break into a house which read: ‘I’ve told you 20 times – don’t ring me when I’m out robbing’.
Dozy Stuart Gibbs was caught hiding in a shed behind the house in Leicester after a vigilant resident contacted police when she two men acting suspiciously in a neighbour’s garden.
Officers found the incriminating message, which had been sent earlier that day, when they checked his phone after he was discovered.
The 24-year-old father-of-two was jailed for 18 months at Leicester Crown Court after admitting attempted burglary on March 20.
He also pleaded guilty to a string of other offences including dangerous driving, driving when disqualified, handling stolen goods and possessing cannabis.
The court heard how Gibbs, of Leicester, was arrested after police were alerted by a nearby resident who saw two men in a neighbour’s garden at 8.45pm.
Officers arrived at the house in the Belgrave area of the city, which belonged to a man in his 70s who was away on holiday, to find a back door had been smashed, causing £400 of damage, although nothing had been taken.
Alan Murphy, prosecuting, said: ‘The police found the defendant hiding in a shed nearby. Glass fragments on his gloves matched those from the broken window.’
He added Gibbs had sent the text message around two hours earlier.
Gibbs also admitted dangerously driving a Mazda, driving when disqualified and handling a stolen laptop and iPod.
Mr Murphy, prosecuting, said those offences, committed on June 9, arose when Gibbs failed to stop for the police.
He was travelling towards Leicester on the A50 and sped through several red lights during a police pursuit.Gibbs veered onto the wrong side of the road and drove over the limit before he eventually abandoned the vehicle nearby.
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