Marco Pierre White Jr, 27, is JAILED for over 18 months over shoplifting spree, knife and heroin possession and racially abusing a Tesco security guard
- Marco Pierre White Jr, 27, pleaded guilty to 14 offences including carrying a knife
- Possessing heroin, racially aggravated abuse and shoplifting also on rap sheet
- At Bristol Crown Court, he was jailed for 18 months including previous offence
- His barrister said: ‘He is finding it incredibly difficult in prison. He is terrified…’
The son of celebrity chef Marco Pierre White has been jailed over 18 months after carrying out a spree of shop thefts and racially abusing a Tesco security guard, as well as a previously suspended offence.
Bristol Crown Court heard Marco Pierre White Junior, 27, had a privileged start in life and a good upbringing with his family.
But the court heard the former Big Brother contestant has been struggling with heroin addiction since the age of 18.
After breaching the terms of no fewer than three suspended sentences, he has finally been put behind bars. Pierre White Jr pleaded guilty to 14 offences of shoplifting; possessing a knife; possessing heroin; and a racially aggravated public order offence.
The offences spanned January last year to April this year and happened in Bath. Pierre White Jr, from Corsham, Wiltshire, was jailed for 11 months, with 32 weeks of a previously suspended jail term to run consecutively.
Marco Pierre White junior, 27, pictured outside Bristol Crown Court last month. Today, he appeared at the same court where he was sentenced to over 18 months in prison
Marco Pierre White Junior (pictured with his father) reportedly had arranged to work in his father’s business upon his release
Pierre White Junior, pictured in 2017, regularly posts his latest outfits and hairstyles to followers on Instagram
Judge Mark Horton said ‘It is addiction that causes intelligent people, from good backgrounds, who had every prospect, to cheat, lie and steal on a regular basis with a complete incapacity to stop doing so.’
Ieuan Callaghan, prosecuting, said Pierre White Jr was with an unknown female when he stole £2,496 worth of clothes from Wadswick Country Store. Police found him in Bath, counting money in a car, minus the clothes.
The court heard Pierre White Jr racially abused a security guard at Tesco Express in Bath, which he entered when he was banned from the premises. The victim was left hurt and anxious. Pierre White Jr went on to steal spirits from Waitrose in Bath as well as a credit card holder from the city’s Mulberry store.
He also stole dishwasher tablets, toiletries and spirits from the Co-op on Bradford Road, Ray Ban sunglasses from Jollies in Milsom Street, alcohol and food from a Co-op and booze from Star News.
Catherine Flint, mitigating, said her client had had a miserable time on remand.
At Bristol Crown Court (pictured), Pierre White Junior was jailed for 11 months, with 32 weeks of a previously suspended jail term to run consecutively
Pierre White (left) is the elder son of celebrity chef Marco Pierre White (centre), pictured with brother Luciano (right)
Miss Flint said: ‘His dad is well-known and known to be wealthy. He [Pierre White Jr] has suffered bullying, intimidation, extortion, threats of violence and actual violence.
‘He is finding it incredibly difficult in prison. He is terrified at the thought of ever having to go back.’
Miss Flint said her client had been addicted to heroin after suffering a car accident aged 18. She said he has detoxed in jail, despite drugs being offered to him. Pierre White Jr is ashamed of is behaviour and ‘deeply ashamed’ of racist language he used on the shop security guard, the court heard.
He has the offer of a chef’s position with his father’s business on release. Miss Flint said: ‘He would very much like an opportunity from this court for another chance to try and get his life back on track.’
A picture shows a then-23-year-old Pierre White leaving a previous court appearance when he in 2018 was aged just 23
Prior to his latest offending, Pierre White has had a troubled history.
In 2018 he announced he was attending AA meetings although and at his trail in January he said he was then in rehab for alcohol addiction and before the incident in November had been sober ‘for a year and a half’.
In June 2019, he was ordered to pay more than £1,000 for running out on a £27 restaurant bill after his debit card was declined.
It came after the son of celebrity chef Marco Pierre White, was convicted and fined in January after calling police officers ‘f*****s’ and ‘n******s’ while they tried to arrest him for being drunk and disorderly in a train station.
The following month, it was reported he had to be dragged ‘kicking and screaming’ to a police station after being arrested for allegedly smashing windows during a row with his father in Wiltshire.
In July 2019, he was appeared in court accused of making off from a cafe without paying the bill after his payment card was declined, loudly proclaiming who his father was.
In January 2020, he was arrested again after allegedly stealing a £40 mobile phone.
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