Thief assaulted woman when she spotted him lurking in mum's garden

HE RODE OFF AFTER SHE CHALLENGED HIM

- By MARK NAYLOR

A DRUG-addicted career criminal with a huge list of more than 100 previous offences angrily assaulted a woman after she confronted and challenged him when she suddenly spotted him lurking around in her mother's back garden with a bag of stolen items.

Regular thief Jamie Bird was stuck in a "revolving door" of serving prison sentences, being released and going back to committing crime to feed his drug addiction.

He was in danger of "serving a life sentence in instalments" if he carried on like that, Hull Crown Court heard.

Bird, 38, formerly of St John's Grove, east Hull, but recently in custody, admitted assaulting the woman, causing actual bodily harm, and theft on February 9.

He pleaded guilty to theft on the day of a scheduled trial for burglary.

Blaise Morris, prosecuting, said that Bird had been in a relationship with a woman for a few months but they separated.

The woman's daughter went to her mother's home in Staveley Road, east Hull, because she lived nearby and she saw Bird in the rear garden.