Homeless man spent ten weeks in jail while tresspassing case was adjudicated
Created: Dec 22, 2011 08:17 AM (Updated: Dec 22, 2011 08:19 AM)
A homeless man paid a high price for taking a short cut through a supermarket parking lot.Canoth Roberts spent ten weeks in jail after he was caught on the grounds of Somerset MarketPlace.The 35-year-old had previously been served with a registered letter ordering him to stay off the store’s property, Magistrates’ Court heard.He was arrested on October 4, after the store manager called police.Roberts admitted having received the letter, but said the manager was just trying to get him back in jail. He has been in custody since.Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner yesterday sentenced him to time spent in jail after he admitted to trespassing.He told Roberts: “I have warned you before, over and over. Stay away from that property.”