Soap Addict burgles house to get his fix!

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Soap addict steals TV set from neighbour
Saturday, October 27 2007, 15:25 BST
By Daniel Kilkelly

A court has heard that a father-of-four stole a TV set because he was addicted to soaps. Derek Tokeley, from Dartford, Kent, committed burglary after suffering from withdrawal symptoms when his own television broke. Tokeley, who stole a TV from a disabled neighbour in June, was desperate to catch up on a number of summer storylines, including Ken and Deirdre Barlow reuniting on Coronation Street.

Psychologists diagnosed his addiction, and a probation report stated: "It was driving him mad not knowing what was going on in the soaps." Appearing at Maidstone Crown Court, the 40-year-old got a nine-month jail term, but Judge Philip Statman QC decided to suspend the sentence for two years. He said: "I take into account the fact the prisons are overcrowded."

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This guy has to be a champion couch-potato if ever there was one!

[eefanincan]

That's desperation if I've ever seen it! Champion Couch Potato indeed!

[Skylace]

Sad, if he had only known about us a crime could have been averted!