A man who admitted burgling his parents’ house and stealing items to pay off his drug debt has been jailed for nine months.

Kyle Collins, aged 22, whose address was given as the Isle of Man prison, tried to sell some of the stolen goods to a shop in a Douglas second-hand goods store.

We previously reported how Collins had been living with his parents at William Proctor Court in Douglas.

He had repeatedly asked for money to pay off a £1,000 drug debt but his family were said to have covered his debts previously and Collins was eventually asked to leave the home due to his drug use and stealing.

The family agreed to let him back into the house as long as they were present but did not give him a key.

However, on March 26, Collins contacted his mother saying he needed to get into the house to get his passport and asked for a key. The family knew he had already taken his passport with him on a previous occasion so refused to give him the key.

Collins sent a message to his mother saying he had been beaten up due to his drug debt.

When the family arrived home they found a smashed glass panel and a hammer.

Hammer

Police arrived and found that the haul of items taken was a Sony laptop, two Samsung tablets, six watches, a watch case, two bottles of aftershave, a pair of Nike trainers, six bottles of beer and a pair of fishing gloves.

Facebook and phone messages were found in which Collins had told a friend: ’Delete this after. Doors locked. Bad news. I’m going up there to break in,’ and ’I’m just gonna rob from my house to get money. I’m gonna do anything it takes to get the money.’

Collins went to Gadget Mann in Strand Street and agreed to sell the laptop and tablets for £250. He was told to return later after they had tested them but was then found and arrested.

Advocate David Clegg said: ’This is an extremely sad case. A young man who has got himself into such a state due to the misuse of drugs that he steals from his own family to cover his drug debt after the threat of violence.

’He has used his four weeks on remand to get himself clean of illicit substances. The drug problems Mr Collins had were on the back of mental health problems that weren’t addressed fully.’

He added: ’It is my submission custody is not going to do the trick. It will result in him being released, not on a particularly long sentence expiry, and not going to have probation.’

But magistrates chair David Nash told Collins: ’You crossed the line and showed you were willing to burgle to fund your drug habit.’