Crime & Safety
Oxford man jailed for stealing canal boat and breaching court order
Adam Booth, 44, of Luther Street, Oxford, admitted taking the reddish canal boat, which belonged to Alistair Bastin, in Oxford last year.
He also pleaded guilty to breaching a restraining order by attending Ravencroft in Bicester on April 30, which he was banned from doing by Oxford Magistrates’ Court on July 28, 2025.
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The court sentenced Booth to four months in prison, stating that “only a custodial sentence can be justified” due to the seriousness of the offences and his “flagrant disregard for court orders.”
The offence was also committed during the operational period of a suspended sentence.
Booth was ordered to pay £85 in costs and complete 12 months of alcohol treatment under the direction of Turning Point, as well as five days of rehabilitation activity.
He was sentenced at Oxford Magistrates’ Court.