Logan man jailed for brazen motorbike thefts

A 25-year-old Logan man is facing further time behind bars after a string of meth-fuelled offending.

A 25-year-old Logan man with a lengthy history of drug abuse and vehicle thefts will remain behind bars after pleading guilty to 24 offences.

Beenleigh Magistrates Court on Tuesday heard six of these offences related to Greenbank man Mason Tyler Clarke, 25, stealing motorcycles in the Brisbane region, rebranding them and selling them for profit.

In addition to the six counts of stealing of a vehicle, Clarke also pleaded guilty to seven counts of unlawful use of a motor vehicle, four counts of wilful damage, two counts of entering premises to commit an indictable offence, two counts of possessing dangerous drugs, obstructing police, trespass, and failure to comply with reporting.

Greenbank man Mason Tyler Clarke, 25. Picture: Facebook/ Mason Clarke

The court heard Clarke had been in custody since April last year, with the 24 offences occurring between October 2019, when he was released on 18 months’ parole for a series of offences, and his incarceration on April 16.

All his offences breached this parole order and he will also be resentenced in Beenleigh District Court next month on February 9 for breaching a suspended jail sentence.

Defence lawyer Tamara Lawton told the court Clarke had been in and out of custody since 2015, with his offending typically precipitated by his not taking his ADHD and Asperger’s Syndrome medication and instead falling back into his pattern of ice addiction.

Magistrate Gary Finger sentenced Clarke to 15 months’ imprisonment and set an immediate parole eligibility.

Convictions were automatically recorded.

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