Wilko in Blackburn A DRUG user who repeatedly stole to fund his habit claimed he was anxious to break the cycle and get help with his problem. But Blackburn magistrates were told by the Probation Service that Paul Hargreaves had totally failed to comply with an existing order. Peter King, defending, asked the magistrates to consider a suspended sentence for Hargreaves. The chairman of the bench said there was nothing to persuade them to suspend the sentence. You have been going to Inspire and haven t done anything but pick up your methadone prescription, she said. There is no evidence of any meaningful co-operation with either Inspire or the Probation Service.