Man sentenced for horror dwelling invasion on Hamish Blake and Zoe Foster Blake’s dwelling

A person who broke into the rental dwelling of comic Hamish Blake and his entrepreneur spouse Zoe Foster Blake whereas they have been asleep and stole their luxurious automotive has discovered his destiny.

Daniel Sales space broke into the four-bedroom home being rented by the high-profile couple in Woollahra, in Sydney’s glittering japanese suburbs, on December 20, 2021.

Court docket paperwork reveal the 35-year-old illegally entered the kitchen of the $4900-a-week rental dwelling at 6am and stole the keys to the household’s Land Rover Defender whereas they slept.

Mr and Ms Blake had been renting the house over Christmas in 2021 whereas renovating their $8.92m dwelling within the waterfront suburb of Vaucluse.

He additionally stole Ms Foster Blake’s purse, which contained the keys to her white Tesla, $1000 in money, a really costly designer pockets and her driver’s licence.

Sales space acquired into the Tesla with out the wonder maven’s permission however left it parked on the property with the important thing inside, in keeping with court docket paperwork.

Nonetheless, he did take the Land Rover, which is valued at greater than $123,000 and contained 1000’s of {dollars} of tenting and fishing gear.

Mr Blake activated the monitoring machine on the posh automotive and traced it to an deal with in Redfern.

Police arrived and arrested Sales space, who had the automotive key and Ms Foster Blake’s purse in his possession.

The arrest put an finish to his prolonged crime spree, which started on the afternoon of December 3, 2021 when he stole a gray Volkswagen convertible because the proprietor watched.

Court docket paperwork said Sales space drove off with a automotive door and the boot nonetheless open in his haste to flee the scene.

He then entered a restaurant in Waterloo and snatched a pink and brown Guess purse from a girl, who bravely chased him down as he jumped into the stolen Volkswagen.

She managed to wrestle her bag again and a bystander eliminated the important thing from the automotive, so Sales space was pressured to flee on foot.

Within the early hours of December 14, Sales space once more snuck right into a home and stole the keys to a gray Audi A3 and a Calvin Klein purse.

He discovered debit playing cards within the stolen purse and used them to his benefit, spending lots of of {dollars} on cigarettes alone.

The stolen automotive was positioned in a carpark in Redfern, close to the place Sales space was dwelling on the time of his arrest.

He additionally admitted to groping a feminine Corrective Companies officer whereas in custody earlier than telling her: “Sorry miss.”

Sales space appeared at Sydney’s Downing Centre District Court docket on Friday after pleading responsible to a raft of fees associated to the crime spree.

He wore black-rimmed glasses and a jail inexperienced T-shirt as he was beamed into the courtroom by way of audiovisual hyperlink.

Decide Donna Woodburne SC instructed the court docket Sales space was on parole on the time of his offending, having solely been launched from jail two weeks earlier.

The costs he was sentenced for embody two offences of aggravated breaking and coming into with the intention to commit a severe indictable offence, steal from an individual, take and drive conveyance, and sexually touching one other particular person with out consent.

Decide Woodburne additionally took under consideration three fees of taking and driving a automotive with out the consent of the proprietor, coming into a automobile with out the proprietor’s consent, seven counts of dishonestly acquiring property by deception, stealing an merchandise value lower than $2000, and sexually touching one other particular person with out consent.

She instructed the court docket Sales space had a troublesome childhood, together with his grandparents part of the stolen era which severely impacted his household.

The court docket was instructed the 35-year-old had solely been out of jail for a complete of 1 yr of his grownup life, which his first offence occurring as a 10-year-old.

“It’s plain Mr Sales space’s life has been marred by vital degradation and trauma,” the decide stated.

“He’s each a bodily and psychologically unwell man … triggering his trauma, inflicting appreciable psychological stress.”

Decide Woodburne sentenced Sales space to an combination time period of imprisonment of 4 years, with a non parole interval of two years, two months and 4 days.

The sentence was backdated to his arrest on December 20, 2021, which means he’s eligible for parole on Friday.

He is not going to be launched on parole, however his attorneys can apply to the State Parole Authority for his launch.