A Kamloops cat burglar who stole a laptop, a cellphone and money from a downtown townhouse while its residents slept has been handed a two-year prison sentence.
Leo Neveu, 44, pleaded guilty to one count of break and enter in Kamloops provincial court.
Court heard Neveu entered a townhouse on First Avenue sometime between midnight and 4:45 a.m. on July 20, 2016, by removing a screen on an open dining room window.
Residents of the home told police they woke up to find items missing and the front door open. Nenveu’s fingerprints were found on a change dish and a cellphone box.
In court, Neveu described himself as a drug addict who hopes to turn his life around by taking a job at a mine in Ontario.
“Fentanyl is going to kill me,” he said. “Maybe I could have survived the China white in the early ‘90s, but fentanyl is killing people and I don’t want to die.”
After being given credit for time served since his arrest, Neveu has 95 days left to spend behind bars.
Once released, he will be bound by a probation order with terms requiring him to abide by a
10 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew.
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