Police arrested the defendant for a spate of attempted burglaries in Penrith. (Image: Newsquest)
SENTENCE has been adjourned on a 56-year-old Merseyside man who has admitted attemping to burgle three properties in Penrith.
John Donakey, of Bexhill Gardens, St Helens, committed all three offences on the night of June 22 into the following morning, Carlisle Crown Court heard.
The homes involved one in Maple Drive, Penrith, and two in Clifford Road. The defendant also admitted an offence, committed on the same occasion, of “going equipped for burglary.” The implement he had was a screwdriver.
Judge Nicholas Barker adjourned sentence until August 26 and remanded the defendant in custody until that day.
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