Walter Springette, 24, who previously pleaded not guilty to burglarising the Road Town offices of the Maples and Calder law firm, changed his plea to guilty in Magistrates’ Court Friday.
Mr. Springette entered the firm’s offices through an unlocked window on Dec. 31 and stole two BlackBerry phones collectively valued at $398, a Nokia phone valued at $69, a Barack Obama watch valued at $249 and a case of software CDs said to be worth $3,000, Crown Counsel Leslie-Ann Faulkner told the court.
Upon interrogation by police, he admitted committing the burglary and said he thought the CDs contained pornography, though they actually held anti-spyware software, the prosecutor said.
Mr. Springette, who represented himself, spoke briefly in mitigation.
“I want to stop thiefin’,” he told Magistrate Tamia Richards.
See the May 19, 2011 edition for full coverage.