article_snippet.sent: Nobody knows why The pensioner does it,' Mr Harris said. '
article_snippet.sent: At a previous court hearing, Mr Harris told magistrates Knowles is an alcoholic who 'recognises Mr Harris as institutionalised' and steals to go back to jail.
article_snippet.sent: During that hearing at the same court, Mr Harris said: ‘Mr Harris can cope very easily with prison but cannot cope very well with the world outside. '
article_snippet.sent: The Crown Prosecution Service cannot give a full breakdown of Mr Harris offences because so many of his offences his offences pre-date The Crown Prosecution Service creation in 1986.
article_snippet.sent: Those with an even worse record include Bolton kleptomaniac Harry Hankinson, 64 - who in June blamed Mr Harris 501 crimes on a blow to the head in 1970 which changed Mr Harris personality.