Burglar thwarted by quick-witted Cheltenham pensioner
BURGLAR Jason Turner met his match when he attempted to steal from the Cheltenham home of pensioner Keyna Ffield.
The 82-year-old outwitted the thief, who left empty handed, after she followed him around her home – denying him the chance to take her belongings.
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Jason Turner
Former heroin addict Turner had come into her home pretending to be a council official checking on her gas, Gloucester Crown Court heard.
When she thwarted his attempt, the 39-year-old of Overton Road, Cheltenham broke into a neighbour's home, taking a Playstation 3, laptop and mobile phone.
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Turner was jailed for 21 months for entering Ms Ffield's home as a trespasser with intent to steal and burglary.
Prosecutor Julian Kesner said: "He told her he could smell gas.
"He flipped in front of her what he said was an identification document."
When suspicious Ms Ffield asked him a second time for ID, he said he was from the county council. Not convinced, she followed him around her home.
Desperate Turner then broke into another home on the street he lives. A representative of the probation service said Turner had a history of mental illness including schizophrenia and had a relapse of his heroin addiction at Christmas, before the crimes on January 8 this year.
Judge Jamie Tabor QC told Turner: "You are a man that has had very considerable problems. You went into this old lady's home, but she was too sharp for you and you did not get the opportunity to steal anything."
2 Comments
by bonzaharris1
Tuesday, February 12 2013, 4:23PM
“Very brave and switched on lady. Thank goodness he didn't attack her in an effort to rob her when it was clear that she wasn't going to leave him to wander around her home unchecked to do his thieving, because some would have done. He is still a thieving lowlife conman come thief for trying to steal from an elderly lady, just about as low as you can sink.”
by QwertyOS
Tuesday, February 12 2013, 8:58AM
“Quote..`You are a man that has had very considerable problems`..ah bless..we all have problems but most of us do not try and rob the most vulnerable people in society.
Another lowlife chav.”