A self-confessed drug addict who pleaded guilty to five charges of breaking and entering will learn his fate next month.

On Tuesday, Basil Melville Stewart, 44, of no fixed abode, asked Chief Justice Austin Ward for his sentencing to be adjourned so that he could meet with a lawyer.

Stewart, an admitted cocaine addict, went on a burglary spree in March stealing over $8,100 worth of money and goods, just days after being released from Westgate Correctional Facility.

The Supreme Court heard a victim impact statement from Sabrina Kirby, owner and operator of Woodlands Playhouse Nursery and Pre-School. Stewart was found stealing a television set and other items by a caretaker.

Within a seven-day period he had burglarised three homes and another school.

She said that things had not been the same since her establishment had been broken into. According to her, staff were scared to work outside of regular business hours and she was afraid to remain in her office to work late, fearing another incident like this could happen.

At the last moment, Stewart requested that he be given the chance to meet with a lawyer, as his application for legal aid had been successful.

Citing Stewart's extensive criminal record and long-term drug abuse, Crown counsel Wayne Caines opposed: "No weight or merit should be given to what this man says. He is a dishonest man."

"Some of them you cannot treat. Some people can't accept that. All they think about is getting drugs," said Mr. Justice Ward before adjourning sentencing to June 3. Stewart was remanded in custody.