A JUDGE warned an offender his actions over the next 10 weeks will determine whether he spends Christmas in prison.

Jason Noel Burt was in the dock at Bournemouth Crown Court after pleading guilty to a sixth breach of a sexual harm prevention order, which has been in place since 2018.

The court heard the most recent breach, which occurred on June 22, involved him entering an area he was excluded from being in the Lansdowne area of Bournemouth.

Judge Stephen Climie said while it was a “comparatively minor” failure to adhere to the order, it was made more serious due to it not being the first time he had broken the requirements.

Burt, 47, was told he could have been sent to prison immediately at the hearing on September 29.

However, after hearing from a support worker who has been assisting the defendant for the past few months, Judge Climie decided to defer sentence until mid-December.

The judge said sending Burt to prison at the current time would be a “disservice” to the public as the offender would spend a short time behind bars in an environment which would send his rehabilitation backwards.

The court heard the defendant had attended an induction appointment with drug addiction support charity We Are With You on September 23.

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Judge Climie told Burt: “Crack cocaine is a killer, literally.”

The defendant replied: “I am trying to get off it.”

Thomas Castle, operations manager at UK Supported Living Services, said he had worked closely with the defendant in recent months, and he was making steps to address his problems.

He described Burt as a “very polite and engaging man” but added “substance misuse” was his big issue.

Addressing the defendant, Judge Climie said: “I accept that your life is far from straightforward.

“But what you are doing is putting any court and today it is me, in a position where it may be difficult not to send you to prison.”

Judge Clime told Burt, of Luckham Close, Bournemouth, when the case is back before the court in December his own behaviour will determine if he goes to prison.

The judge added: “If, when you come back on December 16, what is clear, firstly you have not committed any further offences, secondly you have complied with the terms of the sexual harm prevention order, thirdly that you have continued to comply with the probation service under the community order and fourthly you are working well with We Are With You, then I will find an alternative outcome, but it will be your very last chance.”

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