Peanut butter burglar back behind bars after breaking curfew
PROLIFIC criminal Luke Goodhall is behind bars just days after being freed by a judge.
The 25-year-old had been put on a nightly curfew by Recorder Stephen Hall on September 14.
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Luke Goodhall
But when security staff from G4S turned up to his girlfriend's home in Cheltenham to fit an electronic tag a day later, they found he was already out and breaking the sentence.
Gloucester Crown Court was told he did not turn up for his first probation appointment September 17 either.
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Goodhall, whose past offences included slaughtering a pensioner's pet pigeons during a burglary, was ordered to spend each night between 8pm and 7am at his girlfriend's home in Rose and Crown Passage.
Judge William Hart rescinded the supervision order and jailed Goodhall for 12 months.
The supervision order was clearly unworkable, he said.
At the hearing on September 14, Goodhall had admitted burgling a flat in Winchcombe Street and stealing two coats, sunglasses, spectacles and £3 cash.
He was caught after helping himself to a jar of gherkins and a tub of peanut butter – leaving his fingerprints on the containers.
At yesterday's hearing, Goodhall admitted failing to comply with the conditions of a 24 months community order.
Probation officer Patrick Tracy said: "He was released from custody that day and initially things went well.
"He was given instructions to report to probation officer Terry Cousins on the following Monday and the curfew tag was due to be installed that weekend.
"G4S say they attempted to install the monitoring equipment on Saturday and again on Sunday, but there was no answer at his address."
Sabhia Pathan, in mitigation, said Goodhall did spend the first night at his girlfriend's but then telephoned a former girlfriend, which caused an altercation with the current partner who asked him to leave.
He then went to stay at a friend's in Tewkesbury, which was why he was not at his curfew address when G4S called, she added.
Comments
by Bonkim2003
Saturday, September 29 2012, 8:42PM
“Hope Mr Goodhall gets all the peanut butter sandwiches he can eat. Please however don't bore us with details of your
love life.”
by TheNub
Saturday, September 29 2012, 4:43PM
“is he related to a gloucester old spot no he cant be. a gloucester old spot is not that ugly”
by CaptCX
Friday, September 28 2012, 12:34PM
“Apologies for repeating myself (as I've said this same thing on many other threads attached to stories like this one).............but how many times does a judge have to make this kind of mistake before someone says to them, "Sorry - You've got no judgement & no sense of reality - this job is simply too much for you".”
by jayne80
Friday, September 28 2012, 11:22AM
“that says it all for the dumb judge that allowed him to b released on curfew after such a disgusting act of inhumanity whilst commiting a crime dont it!!! what has this world come to where the judge jails people for less serious crimes and releases scum like that?”
by thomas1996
Friday, September 28 2012, 11:21AM
“Once again the contributors of this web site were right and the original judge was niave to think that a gentle slapped wrist wouldn't stop the attitude of the offender. Like others have said - how did he have two girlfriends, maybe they all like peanut butter?”
by bonzaharris1
Friday, September 28 2012, 11:04AM
“You didn't have to be Mystic Meg to foresee that outcome !!”
by LordGagas
Friday, September 28 2012, 10:17AM
“his name should be goodforfxxxhall”
by BenefitsRUs1
Friday, September 28 2012, 10:02AM
“The only reason he has a girlfriend, is that she will have a lower IQ than him and think what he does is really cool, and the chances are she will also come from the same chavy background. We see this day in and day out on this website. The best we can hope for is that there are no offspring.”
by BenefitsRUs1
Friday, September 28 2012, 9:56AM
“A message to the judge / recorder.....WE TOLD YOU SO!!!!”
by PubliusD
Friday, September 28 2012, 9:51AM
“This isn't a comment on his appearance (although that's not to say he isn't hideous) but how does he have a girlfriend!? What on earth does she think of what he does!? "This is my boyfriend Luke, he's a burglar!"
I can't imagine what would happen if I got home from work with peanut butter around my mouth and told my girlfriend how many houses I burgled today, while she smiles cheerfully and makes me fish fingers and chips, but I suppose there are all kinds of people...”