GALWAY CAREER BURGLAR GIVEN CHANCE TO REHABILITATE

Date Published: 17-Jul-2009

A man, described as the most prolific burglar in Galway City, was given a choice to either undergo a stringent drugs treatment programme or serve a four-year jail term.Jonathan Harlowe, originally from Riverside, who now resides at 128 Glendara, Rahoon, pleaded guilty at Galway Circuit Criminal Court to two burglaries in the city during which laptops, cash and other items were stolen.Harlowe, who is currently serving sentences imposed in the District Court last year for a spate of other burglaries, pleaded guilty to burglary at a house in Shantalla, on December 13, 2007.Judge Raymond Groarke remanded him in custody to July 28 next for a probation report outlining his assessment and acceptance onto a drugs programme.Judge Groarke warned him that if he failed to rehabilitate he would go to prison for four years.