A person who stole a pork roast throughout a terrifying house invasion whereas a mom was alone along with her three kids has acquired a 12-month jail sentence.
Steven Laurie Russell Pricey pleaded responsible within the WA District Court docket to aggravated housebreaking and stealing.
The court docket heard Pricey broke into a house within the Kalgoorlie suburb of Lamington whereas a mom and her three kids had been inside.
Pricey walked via the home and into the kitchen the place he helped himself to a pork roast from the freezer earlier than he left.
Whereas he was spared a sentence for stealing the pork roast, Decide Karen Ann Shepard did impose a 12-month sentence on Pricey for the extra severe cost of aggravated housebreaking.
Decide Shepard stated Pricey simply walked via an unlocked door whereas the sufferer was sitting in her lounge room.
“It’s fairly scary for her to only have you ever form of work via the entrance door with out being allowed to be inside her property,” she stated.
“You then walked via the house and went into her freezer, and also you eliminated the frozen pork leg roast and also you left about 5 minutes later via a again door.
“You hid the pork underneath your jumper and in the end you had been arrested.”
The court docket heard Pricey had been out consuming that day when he went in search of cigarettes or cigarette butts and that it was an opportunistic likelihood for him to seek out one thing.
Decide Shepard stated folks had been entitled to really feel secure at house.
“It’s scary for a girl to be inside the home by herself and it’s very scary for her to be inside her home by herself along with her kids there,” she stated.
“So I settle for that, you realize, she was frightened and that’s utterly regular.”
Pricey’s sentence was backdated to the time he was taken into custody on Might 1 final 12 months, so he’s now eligible for parole.