Krystal Janet Marie Pearce, 33, was sentenced to more than two years and two months in jail when she appeared in the Hamilton District Court on Tuesday. Krystal Pearce was fully aware of the gravity of what she was doing when she slipped into the room of a 91-year-old woman in a Hamilton rest home and stole her handbag. She was aware because it was the same thing she had done and been convicted of in 2011. Krystal Janet Marie Pearce, 33, was jailed for two years and two months when she appeared in the Hamilton District Court on Tuesday, on one charge of burglary and five of using a document – her victim’s credit card – for pecuniary advantage. Judge Philip Crayton said while the burglary took place during the day – generally a tempering factor for people on such charges because the occupants are usually not at home – this was not the case for rest homes. And Pearce was also fully aware of the vulnerability of her victim because the Selwyn Wilson Carlile Retirement Village in Hamilton east was a previous target among her 36 recorded burglaries.
