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Homeless man says dummies he stole from babies were used to soothe himself in his tent

Josh Guilder admitted to stealing dummies from five separate babies over six months.

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2023-08-16 17:24
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A homeless man has admitting stealing dummies from babies in five thefts spanning almost six months, claiming it was to use them to soothe himself in his tent.

Bearded Josh Guilder, who has shoulder-length brown hair and wore a blue polo shirt, pleaded guilty to five counts of theft at a hearing at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.

The 23-year-old took the dummies from babies around Harlow, Essex, between February 10 and August 7 this year.

Describing one of the thefts, prosecutor Jessica Pratt Vivian said Guilder reached into a young girl’s buggy, “took her dummy from her mouth, put it in his pocket and left”.

Mary Buxton, defending, said Guilder was currently living in a tent and “has never been weaned from dummies”.

“He uses a dummy to soothe himself,” she said.

“He said he would take the dummy then go and sit in the tent and use the dummy,” she said, describing the thefts as “purely acquisitive”.

Guilder also admitted causing harassment, alarm or distress to a police officer on August 14, the day he was arrested.

The prosecutor said he told the officer: “If my stuff gets broken, I swear I will kill you.”

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He denied three charges of assault, relating to three of the five children who he took dummies from.

Guilder was remanded in custody and is due to stand trial for the assault matters at Colchester Magistrates’ Court on October 10.

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