Police chief 'delighted' to see creeper burglar jailed
Monday, 17th February 2014.
Haverhill's police chief says he is 'absolutely delighted' that one of the town's most prolific burglars has been jailed for four years.
Insp Peter Ferrie said the entence passed down on Alexander Hockett for a burglary last year was 'reasonable' for the offence.
Hockett, 32, of Elmdon Place, was sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court last Thursday for a burglary at a property in Beaumont Vale in August last year.
He was alleged to have entered the house overnight by climbing in through a rear window and once inside stole wallets containing a combined total of £180 in cash, along with bank cards and some tobacco.
He was subsequently arrested by police on 27 August on suspicion of this offence and charged and remanded for court later that day.
He was sentenced to four years imprisonment and ordered to pay a £120 victim surcharge. In being convicted for this crime Hockett was also guilty of breaching a suspended sentence order for a previous offence.
Insp Ferrie said: "I'm absolutely delighted he is back in prison. He has been a scourge on Haverhill over the past 20 years and there will be fewer victims with him in prison.
"He was convicted of a so-called 'creeper' burglary, which I think is the lowest of the low.
"To burgle someone's house at night when they are asleep upstairs is as low as you can get as far as I am concerned."
Along with that of Lee Holland, currently serving seven years for aggravated burglary, Insp Ferrie said the case of Hockett sent out a message to people that if you go burgling in Haverhill you will get a sizeable prison term.
Insp Peter Ferrie said the entence passed down on Alexander Hockett for a burglary last year was 'reasonable' for the offence.
Hockett, 32, of Elmdon Place, was sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court last Thursday for a burglary at a property in Beaumont Vale in August last year.
He was alleged to have entered the house overnight by climbing in through a rear window and once inside stole wallets containing a combined total of £180 in cash, along with bank cards and some tobacco.
He was subsequently arrested by police on 27 August on suspicion of this offence and charged and remanded for court later that day.
He was sentenced to four years imprisonment and ordered to pay a £120 victim surcharge. In being convicted for this crime Hockett was also guilty of breaching a suspended sentence order for a previous offence.
Insp Ferrie said: "I'm absolutely delighted he is back in prison. He has been a scourge on Haverhill over the past 20 years and there will be fewer victims with him in prison.
"He was convicted of a so-called 'creeper' burglary, which I think is the lowest of the low.
"To burgle someone's house at night when they are asleep upstairs is as low as you can get as far as I am concerned."
Along with that of Lee Holland, currently serving seven years for aggravated burglary, Insp Ferrie said the case of Hockett sent out a message to people that if you go burgling in Haverhill you will get a sizeable prison term.
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