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Prison 'fright' for burglary look-out
A month spent in prison, with her baby, scared the living daylights out of a woman who had acted as a look-out for a group of burglars.
The woman made the comment to the judge at her sentencing in the Christchurch District Court?s session at the Rangiora Court House today.
Amanda Leahy, 26, had admitted two charges of burglary, the second committed while she was on bail for the first one.
Defence counsel Paul McMenamin said Leahy had expressed fear and apprehension about ?some of the other people involved in the burglaries, and could not name them. Her brother took part in the second burglary.
He said she was not rated as a high risk re-offender, and she had a suitable home detention address.
Judge Michael Crosbie asked Leahy what she had learned in prison on remand and she said she would not offend again as it had ?scared the living daylights? out of her.
He said in July 2010 Leahy and her co-offenders climbed in a window of a Cashmere Road house. They took high value items and reparation was sought for them.
While on bail awaiting sentence for that burglary she waited in the car while her brother and others caused a lot of damage and stole items from a Centaurus Road restaurant.
Judge Crosbie said Leahy was effectively the look-out. She had learnt a valuable lesson from the time she had spent in custody, and she was taking responsibility for the full amount of reparation sought.
He sentenced her to eight months? home detention, with treatment and counselling programmes as directed by her probation officer.
He remitted fines she owed, and ordered a reparation payment of $6749.
