’Nobody is safe’: sex toy thief jailed after year-long crime spree

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A court has heard how a man went on a year-long crime spree that included driving a ute into an adult store before stealing sex toys and lingerie.

Paranoid, drug-affected and convinced the world was going to end, Shane Anthony Horne stole thousands of dollars worth of petrol, groceries, tools and even excavating equipment during his year-long rampage across the Gold Coast to prepare a bunker.

She branded his offending “horrific” as Horne, 35, pleaded guilty to more than 40 charges at Southport Magistrates Court on Friday. At other times, he said Horne simply walked into businesses like Bunnings Warehouse and Woolworths, taking hundreds of dollars’ worth of items without paying. Mr Reid said Horne rammed the police car when he stopped at an address at Clear Island Waters, rendering it inoperable.Source:News LimitedHorne was arrested by a dog squad in bushland at Robina.He had a six-month suspended sentence for other separate offences hanging over his head.

Southport Magistrates Court was told Horne’s crime spree was committed in the context of his delusions.She sentenced him to three year’s jail but declared 321 days spent in custody as time served.Horne was also charged with failing to provide the necessities of life over a different incident in May last year, but police dropped the charge due to lack of evidence.

 

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