Chef who lived at Gatwick Airport jailed
22.08.08
A homeless chef who lived at Gatwick Airport for more than three years has been jailed for 15 months. Anthony Delaney, 43, ate, showered and slept at the airport in scenes similar to the 2004 film The Terminal, Lewes Crown Court heard. He was given an Asbo banning him from the airport in 2006 and was jailed after repeatedly breaching the order.
Delaney, who has convictions for a series of thefts at the airport, began living at the south terminal in 2004. Judge Richard Hayward told him at his last court appearance in February that could not understand why, as a fully-qualified head chef, he had not found a job. On Friday, the judge said he had at first felt sympathy for Delaney's situation, but that this was before he had learnt that the Asbo was imposed after Delaney had been convicted of a series of thefts at the airport.
The court heard Delaney was jailed for 95 days the third time he breached his Asbo, but was released immediately because he had spent time in custody on remand. He had been in custody again since the fifth breach, on 3 June. Delaney was sentenced to 15 months in prison for twice breaching an Asbo banning him from the site.
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