A street attacker and vacuum cleaner thief has avoided a jail term again - despite spending time allowed to prove he could keep out of trouble behind bars.
Judge Michael Taylor gave Robert Wright six months to keep his nose clean when he appeared at Teesside Crown Court in April, deferring his sentence for stealing the appliance and repeatedly punching a man in the street until yesterday.
Wright had admitted the theft and assault and despite 62 previous offences including robbery and dishonesty, Judge Taylor told him: “If you keep out of trouble and hold down a job I’ll not send you to prison”.
But Wright, 32, has since spent “more time in custody than on the streets” and the court heard he was due to stand trial for burglary earlier this week.
The prosecution in the burglary trial offered no evidence, with the charges against him dropped. However, he was sentenced to 14 days jail for obstructing a police officer.
Mr Rod Hunt, defending Wright, said his period of deferment had been spent in custody and requested a short sentence “to see if that will give him some self-discipline”.
Sentencing him to six months in prison, suspended for 18 months with supervision and £80 costs, Judge Taylor said: “I maintain the view I expressed on the last occasion. There must come a time in your life when you turn the corner.”
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