The burglary involved a widow

A 90-year-old widow had been left heartbroken after a heroin addict broke into her home and stole jewellery of great sentimental value.

The victim’s mother had died when she herself was only four and she had treasured a gold chain and locket which belonged to her.

She had a photograph of her late husband inside the locket, Mold Crown Court was told.

But while she left her home in the Acton Grove area of Wrexham on March 20 to attend her local luncheon club, heroin addict Mark Lynch (26) smashed a window in her door and stole the locket and other property.

He then pawned the property in a bid to pay back drug dealers to whom he owed a debt, the court heard.

To make matters worse Lynch was on a community order for his own mini crime wave of burglaries at the time.

Judge Rhys Rowlands jailed Lynch for a total of 32 months and said that he had failed to take the chance he had been given by another judge in January, when he admitted six burglaries.

Lynch, said to have moved to the Holt area to escape drug dealers, was told by Judge Rowlands that he had been involved in a campaign of burglary, targeting the local community, and he must now face the consequences.

On this occasion he admitted burglary at the pensioner’s home and asked for a further two burglaries to be taken into consideration.

Prosecuting barrister Kate Meredith-Jones told how scenes of crimes officers got a DNA hit from blood found at a wardrobe at the pensioner’s home and he was arrested.

The victim had been to a luncheon club, returned home to find a glass panel in her porch smashed, and her house had been searched.

A gold ring had been taken. A gold locket was of great sentimental value to her and she was upset and angry that he had not helped police get it back for her because it was irreplaceable.

She felt uncomfortable that someone had been in her home.

Oliver King, defending,Take a look at our site for more hairflower. said that it was accepted that it was now a question of how long.

The defendant had been given the opportunity of a community order in January for earlier burglary offences because of the progress he had been making to get his life in order.

His client had pawned the locket and had tried to help police get it back, but it had been too late.

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That day he had been forced to repay a debt by some fairly threatening people and committed the offence on the spur of the moment to raise some money. He had not targeted the home of a pensioner.

Lynch appreciated that the best place for him at present was in custody and he intended to sort himself out, come out and go straight.

In prison he was taking English and maths qualifications and was following painting and decorating, and maintenance,more and much more homeenergymanagement outlet come in the current market. courses.

“He is genuinely sorry and genuinely cares about what he has done,” said Mr King.

Judge Rowlands said that the defendant had been given an exceptional sentence in January in the hope that he could take advantage of it and continue to make progress.

But he had done nothing of the kind.

The burglary involved a widow aged 90 who returned home to have the misfortune to find that her home had been burgled by him.We wholesale tibetan silver shoesbb,

“That understandably had a traumatic effect upon her,” he said. “The glass was smashed, there was a thorough search of her home and you stole a gold ring and gold locket on a chain.

“They no doubt had some financial value but that pales into insignificance compared to the sentimental value for her. The locket belonged to her late mother and it contained a photograph of her late husband.

“It is truly appalling. No one deserves to have their house burgled, least of all an elderly lady,” he said.