A CONVICTED burglar told a judge “that’s not fair” as he was sent to jail to await sentence for his latest crimes.

Paul Harriss, 50, had been hoping to keep his liberty while probation officers prepared a pre-sentence report. But after hearing how he had walked out of an interview with a probation officer after only ten minutes, Recorder Sandeep Kainth declared he must await sentence behind bars.

“That’s not fair”, the defendant told York Crown Court as he was taken down to the court cells.

It was the third time the court had had to adjourn sentence because a pre-sentence report wasn’t ready. Harrisss barrister, Michael Greenhalgh, explained the burglar had felt unwell and wanted nothing more than to “go home and go back to bed”.

He had health problems including depression. But the judge said he didn’t believe Harriss’s excuse because the burglar hadn’t mentioned feeling unwell to the probation officer.

Harriss, of Corbridge House, Fifth Avenue, Tang Hall, pleaded guilty to four offences in September after denying the offences for months. He was on a curfew and under certain conditions, defendants get time off prison sentences if they spent time on a bail curfew.