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Burglar: My crime 'isn't brave'

A serial burglar told by a judge that his crime "takes a huge amount of courage" has told the Daily Mirror he disagrees and that he was sorry for what he has done. Judge Peter Bowers is being investigated by the Office for Judicial Complaints.

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Serial burglar: 'I don't think it is courageous'

A serial burglar told by a judge that his crime was "courageous" has told the Daily Mirror he disagrees and that he was sorry for what he has done.

I feel sorry for what I did because I know what people feel like to get burgled.

I know what my dad felt like when he got burgled. I feel bad for what I did.

I know it won’t make up for what I’ve done but I am sorry.

I don’t think burglary is a courageous thing to do

– Richard Rochford, Serial burglar

Rochford, who is due to start a new job in construction, said he thought Judge Bowers had made the right decision not sending him to prison.

The burglar had been previously jailed for three years for arson.

I do think the judge was right to not put me in prison because last time I went in, I took drugs and if he’d have put me back in there, I would have taken drugs again, I would have gone on to commit more crimes.

There’s no chance I’ll be getting back into drugs.

I start a new job in a week’s time.

– Richard Rochford, Serial burglar

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