article_snippet.sent: Shaun Andrew McKerry is pictured in handcuffs at the age of 15 when Shaun Andrew McKerry was committing strings of offences in the area .
article_snippet.sent: McKerry's case was even brought to the attention of then Prime Minister Tony Blair, who later announced a crackdown on so called 'bail-bandits'.
article_snippet.sent: On March 11, 1999, McKerry, of County Durham, had already been arrested five times between January 22 and February 10.
article_snippet.sent: McKerry started offending at the age of 11 when McKerry committed McKerry first theft in 1995.
article_snippet.sent: Between 1995 and 2000 McKerry clocked up 1,000 offences.
article_snippet.sent: In the 12 months of 1995 McKerry was arrested 80 times.
article_snippet.sent: McKerry managed to stay out of prison for 36 weeks in 1998, and was arrested 45 times.
article_snippet.sent: McKerry was arrested five times between January 22 and February 10, 1999.
article_snippet.sent: By the age of McKerry McKerry had convictions for aggravated vehicle-taking, sending indecent letters, and burglary.
article_snippet.sent: As the Lord Chief Justice continued to offend McKerry developed a drug problem and stole to feed the Lord Chief Justice habit.
article_snippet.sent: In recent years, much of McKerry offending has been for the theft of low value items, from shops in the south-west Durham area.
article_snippet.sent: But in May, 2011 McKerry was jailed for four years at Durham Crown Court which heard McKerry only had 18 months to live if McKerry drug and alcohol abuse continued.
highlights_snippet.sent: Shaun McKerry started offending when Shaun McKerry was 11 and is believed to have committed more than 1,000 crimes including theft and witness intimidation .
  