'I was stupid' says jealous burglar who urinated in kitchen during raid

This is the first picture of a burglar who 'stupidly' urinated in the kitchen of a home because she was jealous of the accommodation. Nicole Sonahar was jailed for raiding housing for vulnerable people in Lozells.

The 28-year-old said the address she targeted would have been 'appropriate' for herself. Sonahar told a judge she had gone on the run for two years due to being 'scared' of her previous accommodation, because it was 'all male'.

Representing herself at Birmingham Crown Court earlier this month, she said: "I have been in the care system. Coming out of prison led me to unapproachable housing. It was an all-male house they put me into.

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"I wasn't feeling very comfortable. I was scared. I went on the run for two years. With the housing situation when I do get to leave here I'm scared of most places they put me into."

She added: "I'm sorry for going into people's homes that are suitable for myself. It could happen to myself one day. Enough has happened to me I don't know why I did it. I was hungry, vulnerable at the time, taking drugs with other people.

"I was being very stupid knowing I could have had a place like that to live myself and be safe, then losing the respect of friends and taking other people's things."

Sonahar broke into the property on Lozells Road in the early hours of July 17 this year, stealing an e-bike and a number of CCTV cameras. While there she urinated in the kitchen.

The manager of the home expressed 'anger and frustration' saying the residents there were vulnerable and could not afford much. Sonar, who has committed 55 previous offences - mostly for stealing - appeared in court on Thursday, October 17 via a video link from HMP Foston Hall in Derbyshire.

She confirmed she had started 'brilliant' mental health work and had stopped taking drugs, before asking for support from a 'women's team' to find her suitable accommodation upon release. Recorder Michelle Heeley KC told her that was not an issue for the court.

Sonahar, of no fixed address, admitted criminal damage and burglary, making her a 'third strike' offender for the latter offence which attracted a three-year minimum sentence. That was reduced to two years and five months with credit for her guilty plea. She was told she may serve 40 per cent of the term in custody under the government's early release provisions.