Law -
Sentencing 2
The
burglar shot by farmer Tony Martin was back
behind bars after being convicted for the
THIRTY-SEVENTH time. But Brendan Fearon, 32, will
STILL torment Martin — by continuing to
claim £15,000 damages for leg injuries he
received during the raid in which fellow thug
Fred Barras, 16, was shot dead. Fearon was jailed
for 18 months for supplying heroin to a pal in
police custody. He put a “wrap” into
the mouth of the drug addict as he was being led
to a van outside Newark police station, Notts. A
jury at Nottingham Crown Court took just 12
minutes to convict Fearon despite his name being
hidden in case it influenced their verdict. He
earlier admitted possessing cannabis.
Martin, 57, had a life sentence for the shootings
in Emneth, Norfolk, reduced to manslaughter.
Fearon, of Newark, Notts, served 18 months for
the Martin burglary. But he was still granted
legal aid to sue for compensation, saying he is
unable to work. He also said the injuries
affected his sex life making it impossible to
sustain an erection. The yob claimed he was now
scared of fireworks, cannot watch shoot-outs on
TV and becomes “very tearful” if he
sees a film in which someone dies.
Fearon has lived a life of crime, but got away
with slaps on the wrist for six years before
being locked up. Even then he got only one month.
His record is:
Sept 1986: Handling stolen
goods, fined £25.
Sept 1987: Theft, fined £75.
Jan 1988: Criminal damage, fined
£25.
Sept 1988: Criminal damage,
fined £50. Failing to surrender to bail, fined
£20.
May 1989: Criminal damage, fined
£50.
March 1991: Attempted burglary,
200 hours community service. Theft from vehicle,
100 hours community service. Two handling
charges, concurrent community service order.
Oct 1991: Burglary and theft and
being equipped for burglary, two months
imprisonment suspended.
Aug 1992: Theft, locked up for
one month.
Feb 1994: Handling and failing
to surrender to bail, two-year conditional
discharge.
July 1994: Burglary and theft,
12 months jail. Handling, nine months jail,
consecutive, burglary and theft, theft and
criminal damage, all three months.
Nov 1994: Theft, 12-month
supervision order. Obtaining money by deception,
12-month supervision order. Burglary and theft,
12-month supervision order.
May 1996: Drug possession, fined
£40. Handling stolen goods, 18-month conditional
discharge.
Dec 1996: Obtaining property by
deception and breach of conditional discharge.
Sixty hours community service.
May 1997: Wounding, 12 months
jail.
May 1998: Possessing controlled
drug, £60 fine.
June 1999: Handing stolen goods,
140 hours community service.
Jan 2000: Conspiracy to burgle,
three years jail (after Tony Martin raid).
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