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Earthquake burglar back in the system
An earthquake burglar has recycled himself, and is back in custody awaiting sentence for another burglary.
He and a co-offender were found making off with a hot water cylinder on a trolley.
Timothy Brian Hurst, 29, got 100 hours of community work for breaking into a shop and a home in Edgeware on the weekend of the September earthquake. They were interrupted by a police officer and arrested at the scene.
Hurst was sentenced for that on February 9 when the judge noted that he was not a well man and had been led into the offending.
He may not have made much of an effort at the community work because the Probation Service now says it is seeking a review of the sentence.
According to defence counsel Glenn Henderson, Hurst has a brain injury from a stab wound to the head many years ago. He is easily led into trouble.
Hurst, unemployed, pleaded guilty at a Christchurch District Court session inside the men?s prison today to charges of receiving stolen property and burglary of a house in Cashel Street on July 28.
Hurst sold a bicycle stolen from a vehicle in the underground carpark at Christ?s College. He took it to a pawnshop and got $100 for the $1100 bike. He was given $20 for doing that for someone who had the bike but no identification. He told police he barely knew the person, and did not ask any questions.
On the afternoon of July 28, Hurst and a co-offender were found with a hot water cylinder on a trolley in Cashel Street. The co-offender said it was a fair cop. They had taken it from outside a nearby property where he had been squatting.
Judge Gary MacAskill asked for a psychiatric report and pre-sentence report on Hurst to be prepared and remanded him in custody to Thursday when a sentencing date will be set.
