Tagged man gave ‘rubbish excuse’ for curfew breach

8:54am Saturday 2nd February 2013 in News

A 20-YEAR-OLD will complete a longer sentence after a district judge accused him of giving “a rubbish excuse”.

Thomas Pritchard, of Wordsworth Avenue, Farnworth, appeared at Bolton Magistrates Court yesterday charged with failing to comply with an eightweek cufew by tampering with his tag.

Peter Leather, defending, said Pritchard claimed the tag was damaged unintentionally when he was starting up an off-road “pit bike” he was using on January 9. He said he had been complying with his curfew.

The court heard Pritchard had no marks on his leg when staff attended his home and thought the tag had been tampered with.

Pritchard was subject to a curfew after taking a vehicle without consent on last July.

District Judge Jonathan Finestein, sentencing, said: “Your explanation is very difficult to accept. You have an appalling record for breaching orders. I don’t accept this explanation I think you were just messing around and took the tag off.

“To break these tags takes some amount of force and I don’t accept it. If you don’t comply with the curfew I will send you to prison. You appear before me with a rubbish excuse, think yourself fortunate.”

Pritchard will spend an additional three weeks on a curfew.

Comments (4)

1:37pm Sat 2 Feb 13

boltonnut says...

Naughty boy,another three weeks, what a effing joke.Prisons must be full.
Naughty boy,another three weeks, what a effing joke.Prisons must be full. boltonnut

6:42pm Sat 2 Feb 13

angus macoatup says...

wow realy tough sentencing this week
wow realy tough sentencing this week angus macoatup

3:14pm Sun 3 Feb 13

chris25 says...

he is laughing at the judicial service lock the undisciplined little s t up
he is laughing at the judicial service lock the undisciplined little s t up chris25

9:31pm Sun 3 Feb 13

Citizen Cane says...

It is getting to the stage where only an extra-judiciary process will sort this type of scuman out. Lynchings are cheap, self funding and very effective in wiping scumans off the map and thus maximising prison space utilisation. They are widely used in central america as a supplement to conventional law enforcement. Bringing best practice to the UK should be applauded by all decent folk.
It is getting to the stage where only an extra-judiciary process will sort this type of scuman out. Lynchings are cheap, self funding and very effective in wiping scumans off the map and thus maximising prison space utilisation. They are widely used in central america as a supplement to conventional law enforcement. Bringing best practice to the UK should be applauded by all decent folk. Citizen Cane

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