Drug addict Andrew Wilson was jailed for four years after he admitted burglary

Andrew Wilson, 24, from Stockton had been arrested for another matter for which he had been sentenced to 56 days’ jail in August.He said that he had been asked to go into the house to spray some graffiti for which he would be paid £20.looted Tracy Barker’s treasured belongings before she had even unpacked them after her move.He sold and pawned bracelets and rings of sentimental value and her favourite DVDs and CDs, said prosecutor Gale Gilchrist.Tracy’s possessions were still in boxes in the house in Vicarage Street, Stockton, because she was staying with her mother while workmen finished their jobs.She told the judge at Teesside Crown Court that police had not told her that any of her jewellery had been recovered despite Wilson's arrest.When he went in he saw the boxes and he decided to go through them. He had previous convictions for house burglary and he had been recalled on licence, added Miss Gilchrist.Peter Wishlade, defending, said that Wilson was quite a likeable character and he was not without intelligence.Wilson thought it was an unoccupied property, and then he saw the packing boxes.Wilson, of no fixed address, was jailed for four years after he admitted burglary between July 12 and 15 with five other burglaries taken into consideration.