An offender who was given a chance to start a job before being sentenced has been jailed for eight months after breaching his curfew.

Craig Philip Teare, 40, was initially due for sentencing on October 8, for two thefts and making a nuisance 999 call, but magistrates adjourned that until October 22, after he said he was due to start a job.

However, on October 10, Teare was back in custody after breaching the curfew at probation accommodation Tromode House.

Magistrates decided to sentence him for all the offences immediately.

Chair of the magistrates Ken Faragher told Teare: ‘On the last occasion you were here, you were told by that bench that they were considering immediate custody.

‘There was an adjournment to see if you could be trusted, or whether that trust would be abused again.

‘We realise that they should have just sent you to immediate custody.’

We previously reported that, on September 1, Teare was residing at the probation accommodation Tromode House.

He called 999 from a communal phone, and reported that an unknown male was at an address at Cushag Road, armed with a kitchen knife.

This resulted in officers going to the address and searching the area, but the property was empty and no-one was found.

The call was traced to Tromode House and it was established that Teare was using the phone at the time.

On September 22, he was arrested again after stealing various items from Jac Stores, valued at £190.

Then, on September 25, Teare stole fragrances from Boots, valued at £869.

None of the items were recovered.

In August 2026, he was sentenced to a two-year probation order, for affray, theft, and twice breaching the terms of his early prison release.

Teare had been released early from prison after sexually assaulting a teenage girl on a bus

Appearing from custody on October 15, he was represented by advocate Kaitlyn Shimmin, who handed in letters from Teare to the magistrates.

Ms Shimmin said her client had pleaded guilty to all offences at the first opportunity.

She said that Teare now had an Onchan Commissioners’ property now available to him, and the employment offer was still open.

‘He is extremely apologetic, and believes he has let himself and the court down,’ said the advocate.

Ms Shimmin said that Teare was working with Motiv8, and wanted to support his children.

Regarding the thefts, the advocate said that her client had ‘fallen off the wagon’, but had been clean from substances for 16 weeks.

Ms Shimmin said that it had also been the anniversary of his brother’s passing, so he had been experiencing some emotional turmoil.

Magistrates revoked the August 2026 probation order, and re-sentenced Teare to four months’ custody for the previous affray, plus one month for the theft.

They also sentenced him to a further month for each of the three latest offences, being the thefts from Jacs Stores and Boots, as well as the nuisance 999 call.

All sentencing will run consecutively.

Magistrates chair Mr Faragher told Teare: 'Some of the contents of your letters, I've been hearing for the last 15 years.