Wolverhampton burglar back in jail after breaching probation
A burglar has been put back in prison after failing to stick to the rules of his probation.
Karl Wilson, aged 31, from Wolverhampton, was released from prison on probation after having been sentenced to a three-year term for burglary.
However, following his release, Wilson continued to fail to turn up at his designated accommodation, and also made no attempt to contact probation officers or police.
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Last Wednesday, February 25, at around 2.50am, West Midlands Police officers on mobile patrols spotted him in the Grange Road area of Stourbridge.
As officers approached him, a short foot chase ensued, and he was detained.
Wilson was charged with being unlawfully at large, and on attending Wolverhampton Magistrates Court on Thursday, February 26, and was sentenced to eight months in prison.
Inspector Jennifer Griffin, from Wolverhampton's offender management unit, said: "It is important that former offenders keep to the terms of their probation, and we will act if they fail to do so, which often does result in additional jail time."
