A Darling Downs burglar who broke into a woman's house to allegedly use her vacuum cleaner and a modified detergent bottle as masturbation aids has narrowly avoided jail.
Crown prosecutors were unable to conclusively prove Jamie Thomas Lacey, of Kilcoy, had actually used the implements for sexual gratification, however a Brisbane judge today said it was unlikely the 27-year-old father of one had broken in for a spot of spring cleaning.
The court heard the woman, a neighbour in Lacey's former home town of Millmerran, had been absent from the house for several weeks in September 2004 when Lacey broke in through a window.
She returned some time later to find the vacuum, a collection of porn magazines, a Toilet Duck bottle fitted with a "wooden protrusion" and a latex glove strewn across her bathroom floor.
Police initially questioned Lacey, who denied any involvement. However a search of his home uncovered a black carry bag stuffed with condoms, creams and a wooden stick "tapered at one end" which Lacey admitted was his "masturbation bag".
The judge said Lacey's crime deserved a jail sentence because of the distress he had caused to his neighbour. However he said actual time behind bars would be "counterproductive" for the young meatworker, who was doing well in his job with the Kilcoy Pastoral Company and had a seven month-old baby to support.
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