'TOP CRIMINAL' IS LOCKED UP; Custody a must for teen, says judge.Byline: ANDY ANDY Andrew ANDY US Popular Abbreviation for Andrews AFB PASSANT A TEENAGER who falsely claimed to police that he was a "top criminal" has been locked up by a judge. Nathan Oakley was caught after a stolen car in which he was a passenger crashed, Teesside Crown Court was told. Oakley, 19, was arrested after the Vauxhall Corsa taken from Guisborough was in a crash on the A171. The court heard how the teenager told police: "I'm Nathan Oakley. You should know me, I'm a top criminal." Oakley also bragged that he would get nothing in the way of punishment for the offence. But yesterday he was sent to custody for nine months when he appeared for sentence at Teesside Crown Court. He was sent to a young offenders' institution for a total of 36 weeks and banned from driving for 12 months. Oakley had admitted an offence of aggravated vehicle taking and being in breach of a suspended sentence A sentence given after the formal conviction of a crime that the convicted person is not required to serve. In criminal cases a trial judge has the ability to suspend the sentence of a convicted person. . Judge Brian Forster QC told him: "You are a fool to yourself because you are at risk of wasting your life. "You have appeared before the courts on many occasions for a variety of offences and you have been given every opportunity. "You rightly or wrongly in drink thought that you would get nothing for this. You betrayed yourself to police as a top criminal. "Whether you are a top criminal or not you must go to custody." Shaun Dodds, representing the Probation Service, told the court that Oakley was in breach of a suspended sentence imposed for an actual bodily harm assault which took place on November 5 2007. The victim, who had been going to a fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to display in Redcar, suffered serious facial injuries facial injuries, n.pl trauma to the face and its associated structures, most frequently from traffic accidents, contact sports, and domestic conflicts. in the attack. Peter Wishlade, mitigating, said of Oakley: "He clearly isn't a top criminal, if I can indicate that." He said Oakley was simply a passenger in the stolen vehicle. Unfortunately the car had crashed and the defendant was detected by the police helicopter, said Mr Wishlade. Oakley, he said, had come to court knowing what was going to happen to him. "He has not done anything to assist himself." |
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