Bunbury man to serve prison term over Australind optometrist burglary

Jason Ian Norman Goodson faced Bunbury Magistrates Court on Monday via video link from Bunbury Regional Prison and pleaded guilty to breaking into the Eyes @ Australind store in Australind on July 20, 2016. 

Police prosecutor sergeant Barry Phelps told the court the sophisticated burglary involved Goodson, a repeat offender, entering the store via the roof and stealing 70 pairs of sunglasses valued at $9,900. 

Goodson told the court he did the burglary to pay for medication for his sick three-year-old son. 

Magistrate Evan Shackleton said while he understood Goodson’s desire to support his sick child, he also had to note Goodson’s “extensive record of dishonesty which included a number of burglaries”. 

Goodson was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment, cumulative to a two-year imprisonment sentence for a home burglary handed down by Judge Mark Herron in Bunbury District Court on June 16. 

Goodson was made eligible for parole and ordered to pay $9,900 to the Australind business.