Diabetic blamed condition for robbing lone women in their cars in Leeds

Stuart Burns-Smith claimed he was suffering from hypoglycemic episode – low blood-sugar level – and could not remember getting into two women’s cars in Beeston, and walking into a third woman’s home as he looked for items to steal.

Presiding at Leeds Crown Court, Judge Simon Batiste told him he did not accept the excuse, backed up by a medical expert who said his actions were not symptoms of the condition. Burns-Smith was jailed for three years.