Addict who stole Carr papers jailed

A crack addict who stole secret papers about the release of Maxine Carr - former partner of double child killer Ian Huntley - was jailed for 16 weeks today.

Part-time decorator Darren Jacobs, 33, from Lissenden Mansions in Gospel Oak, north London, was also given an Anti-Social Behaviour Order banning him indefinitely from the Hampstead area because of his history of breaking into cars.

Hendon magistrates were told Jacobs had stolen items worth around £1,000 belonging to civil servant Bettina Crossick and her daughter.

They included a black handbag, sunglasses, an Oyster tube travel card, educational equipment, children's clothes and shoes.

The car - parked in Well Walk, Hampstead, on May 11 - also contained secret documents about Carr, who lied for Huntley - the Soham double child murderer.

The documents, later found on Hampstead Heath, reportedly related to her new identity on her release from prison.

Jacobs had previously admitted two counts of theft from the car, plus a further theft at Sainsbury's on May 8 and a breach of conditional discharge on the same day.