Offender left trail of clues

Jamie Nigel Ian Peters will not have to pay for the $100,000 damage and losses from his six-month crime spree – reparation was seen futile as he began a long jail term.

The 26-year-old was jailed for six years and two months on 31 charges he had admitted before his Christchurch District Court sentencing by Judge Alistair Garland.

The judge totalled the losses, harm, and damage to be about $100,000 and said it was unfortunate Peters was not able to offer repayment to any of his victims.

‘‘I have taken that into account in the final sentence I have imposed,’’ he said.

Peters admitted the theft of three cars, being unlawfully in a yard, unlawfully taking vehicles, stealing from cars, 11 burglaries, dishonestly using bank or credit cards, theft, and receiving stolen property.

He had left a trail of clues for police during his offending, including fingerprints, DNA, and surveillance video images.

In one burglary, a Porsche Carrera sports car worth $250,000 was taken. The car was involved in a police pursuit, which police abandoned because of the risk to the public. The car was found abandoned in Lismore St, with Peters’ fingerprint inside.

The crime spree came to an end early on June 7, 2018, when Peters and another person were disturbed breaking into a car in Shirley. They ran off and left in a Nissan Primera, which had been stolen two weeks earlier in Redwood.

Police found the Nissan in Banks Ave, with Peters and the other person still inside.

Jamie Peters