In a statement read to the court, one of the householders said Morgan and his associates had “violated” his family’s privacy and he feared what would have happened had they succeeded in breaking in.
Morgan had 21 previous offences on his record, including an attempted burglary and causing unnecessary suffering to an animal for which he was jailed for 24 weeks, the court heard.
Both of those stemmed from February 2025 when Morgan and another man were seen on CCTV entering the garden of a house where there was also a pet rabbit, Anderson said.
The pair picked the rabbit up and threw it across the garden, then Morgan kicked it full force but “thankfully” it was uninjured, the prosecutor said.
In mitigation, Jordan Parkinson said Morgan was trying to change his ways and carried a knuckle-duster for protection after being left blind in one eye and deaf in one ear when he was attacked with boiling water while in prison.
Judge Carolyn Scott said Morgan had been assessed by the probation service as posing a “high risk” of reoffending and causing “serious harm”.
