A THIRD-STRIKE housebreaker has been jailed for three years for a string of offences including burgling an elderly woman’s home overnight while she was asleep in bed.
Shane Frayne got in through a window at the address in Wyke, Bradford, to steal property including a Christmas present, her phone, purse, house keys, glasses and bank cards.
Frayne, 30, of Town Gate, Wyke, was sentenced at Bradford Crown Court today on a video link to HMP Leeds after pleading guilty to seven offences.
Prosecution barrister, Tayo Dasaolu, said he burgled the pensioner’s home on December 5 last year and was to be sentenced as a ‘three striker.’ He had then tried to use the bank cards he had raided from the property.
He had also burgled Pride Gym, on Abb Scott Lane, Low Moor, Bradford, on the same date by making a hole in the ceiling and getting in to steal £110 cash and equipment.
Miss Dasaolu said Frayne, who was caught on CCTV committing the offence, did £500 damage breaking into the business.
He admitted stealing household products from Morrisons on Griffe Road, Wyke, on November 1 last year; two offences of vehicle interference; and fraud by false representation by trying to use the stolen bank cards at Wyke Mini Market on Huddersfield Road, Bradford.
On December 6, he burgled the Welcome Nursery in Bramley Lane, Hipperholme, stealing £350 of property, including toys, a children’s bicycle, a computer, two lanterns and two cameras.
He broke in using a screwdriver and emptied cupboards in an untidy search of the premises, Miss Dasaolu said.
The owner of the nursery alerted the police when she arrived to find the gate open, the door ajar and the milk strewn on the lawn.
Frayne had 11 previous convictions for 35 offences, including four house burglaries.
His barrister, Jayne Beckett, said his mental health had been severely impacted by the extreme hardship he had suffered in childhood.
He had been leading a productive life with his partner before there was a huge deterio-ration when he was taking drugs and began offending again.
Things had quickly spiralled downwards after he had tried to seek help with his mental health. Post- pandemic, it was very difficult to get such assistance quickly, Mrs Beckett said.
Frayne was committed to sorting himself out, the court was told.
Recorder Simon Jackson KC jailed him for a total of three years.
He said he was a prolific burglar at a high risk of committing further similar offences.
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