Man jailed for string of assault and stealing offences across State

A Katanning man has been sentenced to nearly 11 months in prison for a string of offences across the State. Clinton Jamie Eades, 38, pleaded guilty to his crimes at Katanning Magistrate’s Court on August 10, appearing via video link. The most serious offences occurred in July, including one count of common assault in Albany. The court took into consideration prior conditional sentencing for a charge of aggravated common assault of a man aged over 60 in Albany and an attack on a pedestrian at Thornlie Station last year. Eades was convicted of one count of causing alarm to a person in a dwelling by breaching the peace and one count of criminal damage for throwing a rock through a window of a Katanning home after being refused entry. His total sentence took into account several stealing offences committed in Katanning, Albany and Perth’s southern suburbs. Eades stole jumpers from SportsPower Katanning, nearly $1000 worth of sunglasses and reading glasses in Albany, and hundreds of dollars worth of food and other goods in Fremantle. He was also guilty of one count of criminal damage for breaking a window at Katanning’s Federal Hotel. He was ordered to pay $200 for each stealing offence, for a total of $4000 in fines.