Joyrider 'up to her eyeballs' on drugs when she took car
A WOMAN "up to her eyeballs" on drugs took a car for a joyride after stealing the keys from a house, a court heard.
Tracey Eggar, aged 33, drove off in the resident's VW Polo after taking the keys from the porch of the house in Stoke, Plymouth Crown Court was told.
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Eggar, of Pasley Street, Stoke, admitted burglary, taking the vehicle without consent, driving without insurance and otherwise than in accordance with a licence.
Eggar, who has offences dating back to the 90s, also pleaded guilty to possession of a small amount of heroin.
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Judge Paul Darlow gave her a 12-month prison sentence, but suspended it for two years.
She must complete a Drug Rehabilitation Requirement and remain under probation supervision for a year. Eggar was also banned from driving for 18 months.
Judge Darlow said: "You took this car for a joy ride."
Alistair Verheijen, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said a woman noticed her neighbour's car moving in Camperdown Street on the morning of May 21.
He added her attention was drawn because the brake lights came on several times as the Polo went down the street.
The court heard the woman checked with her neighbour, who found her car keys missing from the porch.
Mr Verheijen said police found Eggar with the car nearby. They also found heroin worth £15.
Ali Rafati, for Eggar, said she was "absolutely up to her eyeballs" on drugs.
He added she had been looking for a friend who lived nearby when she saw the keys hanging inside the porch.
Mr Rafati said she was fighting her heroin addiction and was on a prescription for the substitute drug methadone. He added she had not offended since May and her latest previous conviction was in 2007.
Mr Rafati said she was living with her long-term partner who himself had been a chronic drug user before cleaning himself up and finding a job.
Comments
by dianaSpencer
Saturday, December 15 2012, 2:17AM
“Charliedodd.........brilliant comment
IT WAS ...."MINT"....
Ha Ha”
by CharlieDodd
Saturday, December 15 2012, 12:37AM
“..'She admitted driving off in the resident's Polo'..
Well done for admitting the hole truth luv”
by dianaSpencer
Friday, December 14 2012, 11:51PM
“laughing my right tit off @ shipmateron. . . . .
Thats a very "DAFT" statement.
Wasn't your car was it...? ? ?”
by trumanmark
Thursday, December 13 2012, 8:50PM
“Is it any wonder why the cost of our car insurance goes up with people like this on the road, out of her tiny brain on drugs, and god knows what else, I have paid for my car to be on the road since I passed my test 25 years ago, made sure it's always been legal to drive, never had any points on my licence, but I bet if I forgot to MOT it one day I would get busted, end up in court, and fined a £1000, I don't really know who is out of order here, this woman or the judge, maybe the dear old judge was off his trolley at work that day, who knows eh !!!”
by whinger7643
Thursday, December 13 2012, 7:52PM
“Yet again another pathetic act by the judge, if she was charging around with a loaded gun a different view would have been taken, a car is an equally dangerous weapon with a drugged up imbecile at the wheel, 20 years and a lifetime ban would not be out of place.”
by shipmateron
Thursday, December 13 2012, 7:52PM
“The owner of the car is a bit daft parking it outside their house. If it was parked about a mile away and then they got a cab the thief would never have found it.”
by josdave
Thursday, December 13 2012, 7:18PM
“Judge Paul Darlow gave her a 12-month prison sentence, but suspended it for two years.
Once and for all it is not joyriding it is theft pure and simple and it's only by luck she did not kill amyone. Suspended sentence? Should have got a good prison sentence and a life driving ban but not in this country where the "judiciary" seem very unwilling to actually punish someone.”
by Alpha1
Thursday, December 13 2012, 7:04PM
“haha conviction dating back to the 90s she hasn't offended since 2007 REALLY !!! Smack heads continuously offend, she just haven't been caught for some time... What wrong with the judges are they really that clueless? I but she's banging up some gear tonight & laughing her smackhead off... No jail again ha.. I can't blame you really as there no detterant keep offending & doing your gear, the judicial system haven't got a clue & don't care about the victims in the same way you don't care about the victims...
Make the most of it dear smackheads I can't see a change in the near future.. Hopefully one day the powers that be will jail you for a very long time...”
by James__Wood
Thursday, December 13 2012, 6:12PM
“paulmh66 great plan with "Simple solution is instead of burning captured drugs from these raids, GIVE them to all registered drug users so it's controlled." but how about improving it a by putting a little Warfarin/Arsenic/any other poison in say 50% of these free 'samples'. Prisons would empty, two thirds of crime would disappear along with a lot of wasters.
p.s. only a joke although....”
by Incredulous2
Thursday, December 13 2012, 5:45PM
“Interesting sentencing considering the risk of people getting injured or killed because of her actions.
Today, the person who vandalised the Rothko painting at the Tate Modern Gallery (and no reference to any 'previous convictions') received a two year custodial sentence - twice the sentence of this smack-head and not suspended.
Although I do not agree with what the vandal did, it is a poor reflection on our criminal justice system when someone who damages a painting is considered more than twice the criminal of the person in this article.”