was last week jailed for one year.

Former Somerset Trojans goalkeeper Winslow Edward Williams, of East Shore Road, pleaded guilty to four counts of housebreaking. He has been held on remand since December.

The 32-year-old admitted breaking and entering a Mount Pleasant Road home around 4 a.m. on November 30.

And he fought with the homeowner after a growling dog alerted the 63-year-old resident.

However, Williams was able to escape with $158.30 in cash.

Two days later, a resident on Crossfield Lane discovered Williams inside his home in the middle of the day. On that occasion, Williams escaped empty-handed and without physical confrontation.

But some time between 8.45 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. on the same day Williams broke into two other nearby homes and stole $35 in cash, a track suit valued at $90, a $200-dollar gold bracelet and a Casio watch.

Police arrested him two days later and witnesses positively identified him as the intruder.

Last week, Crown counsel Brian Calhoun told Magistrate Archibald Warner Williams' criminal record dated back to 1983.

Williams had numerous convictions for motorcycle theft, breaking and entering, violently resisting arrest, theft, and escaping unlawful custody.

But defence lawyer Victoria Pearman said Williams was driven to perform the illegal acts by an addiction to crack cocaine.

Although he took part in a six-month overseas drug treatment programme, Ms Pearman said it was not enough to completely cure him.

And Ms Pearman requested Mr. Warner order a social inquiry report before sentencing.

However, Mr. Warner denied the request and imposed one-year prison terms for each of the four counts. The sentences are to run concurrently.

Mr. Warner also ordered Williams be given "all the necessary and available drug rehabilitation treatment while incarcerated''.

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