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Freed childcare burglar Wayne Bishop jailed for assault | |
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A burglar from Nottingham who was freed from prison to care for his children has been sent back to prison after being convicted of assault. | A burglar from Nottingham who was freed from prison to care for his children has been sent back to prison after being convicted of assault. |
In May 2011, Wayne Bishop, 34, won an appeal against an eight-month sentence by arguing the needs of his five children had not been considered. | In May 2011, Wayne Bishop, 34, won an appeal against an eight-month sentence by arguing the needs of his five children had not been considered. |
But Bishop, of Failsworth Close, was later found guilty of punching a man in Aspley, Nottinghamshire, on 19 June. | But Bishop, of Failsworth Close, was later found guilty of punching a man in Aspley, Nottinghamshire, on 19 June. |
He has now been jailed for eight months at Nottingham Crown Court. | He has now been jailed for eight months at Nottingham Crown Court. |
Bishop admitted burglary and an offence of dangerous driving in 2010, last April. | |
He had argued that an eight-month sentence for the crimes was a breach of his human rights and insufficient consideration had been given to the plight of his children, the youngest being seven and the oldest 13. | |
'Ace of trumps' | |
The Court of Appeal reduced his sentence to a 24-month suspended sentence last May. | |
Less than a month later Bishop assaulted a man in a Spar store in Aspley. | |
In January, he was found guilty of the attack and of breaching the suspended sentence after a trial at Nottingham Magistrates' Court. | |
Sentencing Bishop at Nottingham Crown Court, Judge Michael Stokes QC said: "We all have the right not to have our homes and premises burgled. We all have the right to walk in the street without fear of being attacked. | |
"The rights that are set out by the Human Rights Act in the European Convention are not to be produced like the ace of trumps to avoid a prison sentence." | |
Outside court Bishop's niece read out a statement saying the family did not condone "the way Wayne has dealt with the situation". | |
It continued: "He was trying to protect his niece and has ended up back in court. | |
"I truly feel it for his children and the effect people not having the facts and all the media is having on his children." |
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