A 31-year-old man from Young has been sentenced after he pilfered a bottle of alcohol down his pants, stole a parcel from someone’s veranda and intimidated an off-duty police officer.
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Daniel Fensom was convicted on three charges by Magistrate Michael O’Brien, ordered to pay reparation to a local supermarket and sentenced to 12 months in prison, with a four month non-parole period.
According to the police facts submitted to the court, about 3.35pm on Thursday, July 20, police saw Fensom and his co-accused sitting out the front of Mitre 10 in Young.
Police spoke to the pair as Fensom had an upcoming court date. While they were talking police noticed a brand new electric razor sitting between them. The co-accused said it was his but couldn’t produce a receipt, however police were suspicious of another bulge in the co-accused’s jacket and wanted to search the pair.
When Fensom was searched police located a memory card that was still in its sale packaging. Fensom said, “I got it off a friend as a gift,” but refused to give police any more information and refused to be interviewed.
The following day about 12.50pm Fensom and his co-accused went to the bottle shop at a local supermarket where the co-accused distracted the sales staff. When the staff member left, Fensom pulled a bottle of Wild Turkey off the shelf and placed it down the front of his tracksuit pants. When the staff member returned the pair paid for cigarette lighters and left the store. The incident was caught on CCTV.
About 3.40pm the same day Fensom and his co-accused entered the front yard of a residence when they were seen by an off-duty police officer taking a parcel from the front veranda before leaving the yard.
The off-duty officer walked up to the pair and took the parcel without identifying himself. Fensom then shaped up to the officer. Fearing an altercation with the pair the officer returned the parcel but was able to take a photo of Fensom and his co-accused prior to leaving the scene and calling police.
