Prison for man who tried to open garage door in Northampton

A 45-year-old man who tried to open the door of a garage in Galileo Close, Northampton, has pleaded guilty to the offence.

Paul Michael Philip Harris, 45, previously of Limehurst Square, Northampton, appeared at Northampton Magistrates’ Court yesterday (February 10) charged with the attempted burglary which happened in the early hours of January 14, 2022.

He was sentenced to 18 weeks in prison.

Lead Investigator PC Chris Perkins from the Force’s Burglary Team, said: “I hope this case demonstrates just how seriously we take burglary in this county as it shows that you merely have to just try and burgle in order to be sent to prison.

“Paul Harris will now spend the next couple of months looking at the four walls of a prison cell and I hope he uses this short stretch to reflect on his poor choices in order to make better ones when he comes out.”