A teenager who burgled a room in his own home has been ordered to carry out community work by the courts.
Daniel Hareza, 18, was living with his mum on Londonderry Road, Primrose Hill, Stockton - but he was banned from the lounge.
The living room was locked and Hareza was denied access after he was “responsible for items going missing”, Teesside Crown Court heard today.
He broke into the room while his mother was at work and stole her partner’s £590 laptop on December 23 last year.
Hareza later confessed he sold the laptop to an unidentified man for £80 and spent the cash on food, drink and drugs.
He claimed he decided to steal the computer after he heard his mother’s partner “bad-mouthing” him.
Prosecutor Sue Jacobs said: “It seems to be a sort of revenge-type incident.”
Hareza, now of no fixed address, admitted the offence of burglary, his first crime, and had been remanded in custody since December 27.
Gary Wood, defending, said Hareza was now on speaking terms with his mother.
She had been in touch with him in custody but did not want him to return to the family home. Temporary accommodation was available for him.
Judge Tony Briggs told Hareza, aided in court by a Polish interpreter: “What you did was unacceptable.
“Clearly this is a serious matter. You have however been in custody, which is somewhat unusual for someone of good character in circumstances like this.
“So you know what happens if you commit this type of offence again.”
He gave the teenager a community order with a year’s supervision and 100 hours’ unpaid work.
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