A DRUG addict who smashed his way into his father’s home before snatching money to feed his heroin habit has been jailed.

Serial thief Kiam Fathers left one of the homeowners ‘an emotional wreck’ after the shameless break-in.

At first he tried to claim that somebody had ‘framed him’ for the crime before later owning up.

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The 26-year-old of no fixed abode had already admitted on the day of his trial one count of burglary.

He was sentenced for that offence at Oxford Crown Court today.

Outlining the case prosecutor Zeena Begum said Fathers carried out the burglary at his father’s address - which he shared with his partner - in Blackbird Leys on January 31 this year.

On that day Mr Fathers senior returned home from work and in the kitchen he found a window had been smashed, with glass strewn about the room.

Investigating the break-in it became apparent that an envelope with the words 'car insurance' written on it had been taken.

Inside the missing envelope was £260.

Police went on to arrest Fathers and the envelope was discovered but without the money.

He initially claimed that somebody else had 'placed' the envelope in order to frame him as a result of an argument he had had with an occupant of a house he was staying at in Oxford.

The case was set for a trial and he admitted the burglary on the first day of that case before Oxford Magistrates' Court.

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In a victim personal statement read out at the sentencing hearing a woman living at the address was said to have become an ‘emotional wreck’ as a result of the break-in.

She said: “I will never trust [him] again and I want nothing else to do with him.

“He is dead to me.”

The court also heard that Fathers has a string of previous crimes to his name, made up of six convictions for 21 offences, many of which are for shoplifting.

In mitigation Rhianna Fricker, defending, said that her client was ‘incredibly sorry’ and ‘embarrassed’ for the burglary.

She added that Fathers had developed an addiction to class A drugs for the last two years and had been homeless.

She said the decision to break in and steal the money was not planned and called it ‘impulsive.’

Sentencing, Judge Nigel Daly said Fathers ‘deliberately targeted’ his victim.

He added: “Burglaries do have significant effects on people.

“It is an attack not just on a piece of property but the people that live in it.”

He added that he had no reason to believe that rehabilitation for Fathers was currently possible.

Fathers was jailed for a total of 13 months and he must pay a victim surcharge.

He was also made subject to a restraining order against his victim for five years.