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Absconder back in gaol after further convictions

Tuesday 11 November 2025

A serial absconder is back in gaol after pleading guilty to ten further offences.

Michael Cakebread, 37, of no fixed abode, appeared before Hatfield Magistrates’ Court, charged with two counts of theft from a motor vehicle, two counts of vehicle interference, two counts of theft from a shop, and four breaches of a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO).

He was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment.


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