AN ICE addict who broke into the Oberon Golf Club while supporting a $600 a day habit has been jailed in Bathurst Local Court.
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Daniel Vincent Homan, 24, of Bligh Street in Oberon, appeared in person and in custody via audio-visual link before magistrate Michael Allen on June 6, charged with break and enter.
Police facts tendered to the court told how Homan broke into the Oberon Golf Club in December 2015 and stole a wall-mounted television and donation box.
The court heard how the director and secretary of Oberon Golf Club secured the building on Thursday, December 10, 2015 and noted nothing missing. The following day the club was closed, locked and secured.
Police say at some time between the aforementioned dates, Homan gained entry to the club by smashing a ground floor glass window.
Once inside, he tried to gain access to the storeroom, using an electric grinder belonging to his grandfather to cut a hole in the solid wooden door. Despite his attempts, Homan was unable to get through the door because it was deadlocked.
Police say he tried to crawl through metal shelving behind the main bar to gain access to the room, injuring himself in the process and leaving blood on the fridge door and floor, before he entered the cool room, leaving blood on the locks of the sliding door.
Some time later, police say Homan took a television off the wall in the main room, some alcohol and an honesty box located on the bar with about $15 or $20 inside and left the location.
The break and enter was reported to police when the club opened on December 12, 2015. DNA and fingerprints were collected and analysed at a later date, matching the accused.
The grinder belonging to the accused's grandfather was reported missing at the time of the break and enter.
The accused later attended Bathurst Police Station for an interview, but denied any knowledge of the break-in.
He said at the time of the offence he had a $600 a day ice habit, but said he would have remembered if he had committed the offence.
Mr Allen convicted Homan and imprisoned him for eight months to start from June 5, 2017.