Judge gives heroin addict a chance after he breached suspended prison sentence

A judge has given a heroin addict a chance to sort his life out after he breached a suspended prison sentence.
By Jon Cooper
Published 4th May 2020, 17:54 BST
Updated 4th May 2020, 17:55 BST
Pictured is Sheffield Crown Court which has been hosting Sheffield Magistrates' Court hearings during the coronavirus crisis.Pictured is Sheffield Crown Court which has been hosting Sheffield Magistrates' Court hearings during the coronavirus crisis.
Pictured is Sheffield Crown Court which has been hosting Sheffield Magistrates' Court hearings during the coronavirus crisis.

Sheffield Magistrates’ Court - sitting at Sheffield Crown Court - heard on May 5, how Jake France, aged 29, of Victoria Court, Sheffield, admitted failing to report to the probation service in February during his suspended sentence order.

Yvonne Wragg, defending, said France had been given the suspended sentence after he had been drink-driving while disqualified from driving but she explained he had been homeless and was living in the car in a car park but was told to move and he had to drive.

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France said he is determined to come off heroin and wants to change his life.

District Judge Grace Leong extended France’s suspended sentence order by six months to 14-weeks of custody suspended for 18-months with an extended Drug Rehabilitation Requirement and an eight-week curfew.

She warned France any breach would mean prison.