Two men jailed for burglaries and thefts in Southsea, Fareham and Gosport

James Vincent Durber was jailed today for 24 weeks at Portsmouth Magistrates Court after committing theft offences in Fareham.

The 35-year-old of no fixed abode was charged over the weekend in relation to an electric bicycle stolen from West Street on January 6, shoplifting on January 30, from Homebase on Newgate Lane, where approximately £160 worth of tools were reported stolen and shoplifting on February, 11, in Boots in Fareham’s Westbury Mall with aftershave reported stolen.

Durber had previously been given a conditional discharge on January 20 for three earlier shoplifting offences at Westbury Mall in November 2019. Durber breached this by committing the most recent offences.

He was ordered to pay £200 in compensation for the stolen bike.

Robert Andrew Parker, 35, of Gosport Road,Fareham, was also jailed for 24 weeks today at the same court.

He pleaded guilty to the theft of a wallet from a bus in Fareham which took place on November 5, 2019, theft of meat from Waitrose on Marmion Road, Southsea, on November 21, 2019, and a burglary at the Dockyard Club in Onslow Road, Southsea, on November 21, 2019, in which money was stolen from the till

He also confessed to the theft of alcohol from ASDA in Dock Road, Gosport, on February 16 and 17 this year and the theft of alcohol from Morrisons in Walpole Road, Gosport, on February 17.

Parker had previously denied the November offences, but changed his plea this morning.

He had also been subject to a conditional discharge from January 29 this year for possession of cannabis, which he breached by committing the offences this month.