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Thieving guard appeal bid fails
8:16pm Wednesday 27th February 2008
A SECURITY guard who abused his position to commit burglary and theft at the holiday cottage development he was meant to be protecting has failed to get his jail term reduced on appeal.
Stephen Michael Wiwczaryk, 52, of Booth Road, Waterfoot, was working at Ribblesdale Park, in Gisburn, in January last year when he broke into one of the cottages, setting off an alarm.
He was chased and caught by other staff and found to have stolen keys for several cottages and an alarm fob.
At Preston Crown Court, on October 16 last year, he pleaded guilty to two thefts, one count of burglary and one count of going equipped for burglary. He was jailed for 19 months in November.
At London's Criminal Appeal Court, his application for permission to appeal against the sentence was refused.
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