A local teenager has been jailed for 12 weeks after breaking into a taxi parked in Sir William Jackson Grove car park. 

A statement from the RGP follows below:

Ben Brown, 18, of Willis’ Road, was sentenced at the Magistrates’ Court  yesterday after pleading guilty to Attempted Theft and Criminal Damage. 

Brown’s arrest came after police received call around 11pm on Monday 18  April from the vehicle’s owner, who stated that someone had broken into his  taxi. 

A window had been smashed and the vehicle had been rummaged through – but nothing was stolen. 

On police arrival, uniformed officers identified Brown on CCTV and arrested  him at an address in Sir William Jackson Grove an hour later. 

Brown, who had been ordered to stay at his mother’s residence in the Upper  Town from 8pm to 8am on April 12 by the Magistrates’ Court in relation to  another matter, was then further arrested for a Breach of Court Curfew.  

Brown was sentenced to 18 weeks in prison for the Attempted Theft, which  was reduced to 12 weeks for the early guilty plea. He received no separate penalty for the Criminal Damage.