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A teenage robber who avoided prison earlier this year has been locked up after he breached a suspended sentence order.
Sebestian Durac, 18, was said to have “cocked a snook” at the order, which stopped him from going to prison.
However, he’s now beginning 15 months’ detention after he was said to have “exhausted the patience” of Bradford Crown Court.
Durac, of Bankfield Drive, Keighley, was handed a two-year custodial sentence in February for an offence of robbery.
It was suspended for two years, and he was ordered to undertake 30 rehabilitation activity requirement (RAR) days, 150 hours of unpaid work, and the Building Choices programme.
A further 30 hours of unpaid work were added in September for a first breach of the order.
On Tuesday, Durac admitted a second breach.
The court heard that unemployed Durac had completed five RAR days plus 87 hours and 35 minutes of unpaid work and had attended 53 out of 87 appointments.
Of the missed appointments, there had been 18 acceptable absences and 14 non-acceptable absences.
Prosecuting barrister Verity Barnes said: “It’s felt that this defendant has shown a lack of regard for the court order.
“His probation officer is unable to give the court any reason why it would be unjust to activate the sentence at this time.”
Mitigating, Tom Doyle said Durac was under no illusions that he had committed a second breach and that the court had a choice as to whether to activate the suspended sentence or to give him one last chance.
He said: “He is a young man very much at the crossroads of his life. There has been some engagement with the order, albeit far from perfect. The order, I submit, does give him the best chance of avoiding continuing a sorry history of offending.
“If he is given a sentence today it’s only going to force him further down the spiral of institutionalisation and, frankly, that is not going to be of benefit to anyone.”
Reflecting the work Durac had done but also taking account of the opportunities he had turned down or refused, Mrs Recorder Taryn Turner activated 15 months of the two-year sentence.
She said: “Frankly, the patience of the court is exhausted by this young man.
“He’s cocked a snook at every twist and turn, it seems. People have bent over backwards to accommodate him.”
Speaking directly to Durac, she told him: “You were given a golden glove opportunity, and you blew it.
“The court has no alternative but to activate the sentence that was imposed by the court in February of this year.
“I do so with a heavy heart. I don’t like seeing young people locked up.”