Clinton Chand-Bell jailed for stolen car, three weeks after release from prison

A Logan man who stole $300,000 in jewellery has been jailed again for riding in a stolen car and obstructing police, only three weeks after his release from prison.

Clinton Samuel Wayne Chand-Bell appeared in Beenleigh Magistrates Court

A Logan man who stole $300,000 in jewellery has been jailed again for riding in a stolen car and obstructing police, only three weeks after his release from prison.

Beenleigh Magistrates Court heard Clinton Samuel Wayne Chand-Bell needed to get home from a friend’s house in January to make curfew.

He got a lift from his friend, who was driving a stolen car, which Chand-Bell told the court he should have known and taking the ride was ‘foolish’.

Police used road spikes to stop the car in Woodridge and Chand-Bell suffered injuries during the incident and the arrest.

The court heard while he was at the hospital he was physically and verbally aggressive with police.

The 21-year-old from Loganlea pleaded guilty on Monday to unlawful use of a motor vehicle, obstructing a police officer, receiving tainted property and wilful damage.

He had previously been jailed by the Beenleigh District Court for five years, for $300,000-worth of theft and damage to property in 2022.

Chand-Bell was arrested in Woodridge only three weeks after he was released from custody for those offences.

Magistrate Mark Howden said on Monday Chand-Bell was wasting his life behind bars.

“He has been imprisoned his whole life,” he said.

“He has a very serious criminal history and is losing his youth in custody.”

He was sentenced to nine months in prison and will be eligible for parole immediately.

Chand-Bell’s 80 days of pre-sentence custody was declared as time served.