Hayden George Kime jailed for stealing booze, other crimes

A Central Queensland serial thief’s attempt to break into a car was thwarted by an unexpected hero.

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A serial thief who stole alcohol from multiple stores got more than he bargained for when he attempted to gain entry to a car – a dog scared him off, a court heard.

Hayden George Kime, 30, fronted Rockhampton Magistrates Court where he pleaded guilty to 11 charges for a raft of offences he started committing about a month after he was last released from custody.

Between May 6 and June 11, 2025, Kime stole alcohol twice from Dan Murphy’s in Norman Gardens and once from Star Liquor.

He also stole clothing from Stewarts in East Street, Rockhampton, perfume from Live Life Pharmacy in Gracemere and fuel from a service station.

Kime unlawfully used a motor vehicle at Cawarral and stole the purse of another victim which he then used the credit cards to buy items.

He also attempted to gain entry to a premises with into to commit an indictable offence on May 15 and two days later tried to gain entry to the motor vehicle.

Police prosecutor Mirren Smith said when Kime reached inside the vehicle to open the door, “the dog seemed to scare him away”.

She said he was attempting to steal $800 worth of goods.

“His offending is painful to society, is a nuisance,” Ms Smith said.

“He’s stealing from businesses that employ good members of this community.

“And his offending can also be quite dangerous when he is trying to get into people’s cars.”

She said Kime was not on any orders when he committed these offences, but he had been given parole in April.

“His history is very poor for this type of offending,” Ms Smith said.

“He needs to understand that if he keeps doing this type of offending, he’s just going to spend longer and longer in jail.”

Defence lawyer Blake Frost said his client had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia six years ago and was, at the time of these offences, late at getting his medication and only got it while he was in the watch-house.

He said Kime had a troubling childhood being exposed to domestic violence and his older brother died when Kime was a very young child.

Mr Frost said his client had previously worked in concreting, at a sawmill and on a farm.

He said Kime also assists with the family mowing business and he wants to return to concreting work in the future.

Magistrate Peter Kuskie said it was not fair on the community that they should suffer from these sort of offences because Kime had not kept up with his mental health medication.

He sentenced Kime to nine months prison, declared 23 days presentence custody as time already served with parole release on September 17, 2025.