East Yorkshire’s most prolific house burglar has been jailed for six years after being caught targeting homes in Beverley and Lund.
Christopher Harrison, 30, stole £286 in a sneak-in burglary from Robert Palmer in Minster Moorgate, Beverley on April 3. On January 21 he made a similar sneak-in burglary at North Road, Lund, stealing a hand bag from the home of Julia Midgley.
Harrison was stealing to feed his drug habit and has targeted more than 200 homes. He has a record of 160 burglaries and 70 attempted burglaries over a 15-year career.
After early release from prison, Harrison toured East Yorkshire from Mappleton to Howden from January 13 to April 3 this year looking for pensioner’s homes. He burgled ten homes in East Yorkshire and ten in Hull.
Jailing Harrison at Hull Crown Court on Monday 13 May 13, Judge Mark Bury said: “You have a horrid record for house burglary. There comes a point when you must be sentenced for what you have done. You are a career house burglar.”
Harrison of Plane Street, Hull, appeared at Hull Crown Court for sentence after pleading guilty to two burglaries and asking for 33 burglaries and seven thefts to be taken into consideration.
Defence barrister Richard Thompson said: “He has a drug habit. He has shown remorse, unfortunately at the time of these offences he was not able to prioritize his victims interests above his own.”
Harrison was jailed for six years.