After stealing and pawning over $5,000 of his grandparent’s jewellery, a 20-year-old homeless man has been jailed for twelve months.

Earlier this year, John Johnson admitted stealing a gold charm bracelet, gold coin, gold chain, three gold rings and a gold wristwatch from his grandparents on January 16.

Johnson then sold his grandparents’ jewellery, valued at a total of $5,675, to the shop Cash 4 Gold for $400.

His grandparents, who have had “difficulty” with him in the past, suspected their grandson had stolen the jewellery after noticing their house on Middle Road, Warwick, had been broken into.

Appearing in Magistrates’ Court yesterday for sentencing, Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner gave Johnson twelve months imprisonment and two years’ probation for the offence.