The renowned chef’s son, who also committed a slew of store thefts and racially abused a Tesco security officer, received a sentence of more than 18 months in prison.
Hearing at Bristol Crown Court The 27-year-old Marco Pierre White Junior had a fortunate childhood and a decent start in life.
However, the court was informed that the former Big Brother participant had battled heroin addiction since he was 18 years old.
He was eventually imprisoned after breaking the conditions of no less than three suspended sentences. In addition to having a weapon, heroin, and 14 other offences, Pierre White Jr. also admitted to one racially aggravating public order offence.
The offences took place in Bath from January of last year to April of this year. Pierre White Jr., of Corsham, Wiltshire, received an 11-month prison sentence with the addition of 32 consecutive weeks of a previously suspended sentence.
“It is an addiction that enables bright individuals from excellent backgrounds with every opportunity to cheat, lie, and steal on a daily basis with a total inability to quit doing so,” remarked Judge Mark Horton.
The prosecutor, Ieuan Callaghan, said that Pierre White Jr. took clothing worth £2,496 from Wadswick Country Store while accompanying an unidentified girl. Police discovered him in Bath, counting money in a vehicle, sans the clothing.
The Tesco Express store in Bath, which Pierre White Jr. visited after being asked to leave, was the scene of racist abuse directed at a security officer, the court heard. Hurt and worried, the victim was left behind. Later, Pierre White Jr. stole alcohol from Bath’s Waitrose and a credit card holder from the city’s Mulberry shop.
He also stole alcohol from Star News, alcohol and food from a Co-op, dishwasher tablets, toiletries, and spirits from the Co-op on Bradford Road. He also stole Ray-Ban sunglasses from Jollies on Milsom Street.
Pierre White had a troubled past before committing his most recent offence.
The highly tattooed reality celebrity went on the 2016 series of Celebrity Big Brother but was expelled after only one week.
While during his trial in January, he claimed he was then in treatment for alcohol addiction and had been clean “for a year and a half” prior to the event in November, he declared in 2018 that he was attending AA meetings.
He was made to pay more than £1,000 in June 2019 after failing to pay a £27 restaurant bill when his debit card was rejected.
It happened after the renowned chef’s son, whose son called police officers “f*****s” and “n******s” when they sought to arrest him for being drunk and disorderly in a railway station, was found guilty and fined in January.
He reportedly had to be carried “kicking and screaming” to the police station the following month after being detained in Wiltshire for allegedly breaking windows during a fight with his father.
He was charged in court in July 2019 with leaving a café without paying the bill when his payment card was rejected while yelling out loud who his father was.
In November 2019 he gave birth to a daughter named Arabella Rose with his girlfriend, who has remained private. On his social media pages, he posted pictures of both her pregnancy and the delivery.
He was detained once again in January 2020 on suspicion of stealing a cell phone worth £40.
In her defence, Catherine Flint argued that her client had a terrible experience while being held on remand.
His father is well-known and well-known to be affluent, according to Miss Flint. Pierre White Jr. has experienced physical and verbal abuse, threats of violence, intimidation, and extortion.
He is having a really terrible time in jail. The idea of ever having to go back makes him afraid.
After being injured in a vehicle accident at the age of 18, Miss Flint claimed her client developed a heroin addiction. Despite being provided drugs, she said he detoxed in prison. The court was informed that Pierre White Jr. is embarrassed by his actions and “very ashamed” of the racial slurs he hurled at the store security guard.
Upon release, he will be given the opportunity to work as a chef for his father’s company. He would very much welcome a chance from this court to try and get his life back on track, according to Miss Flint.