AN ex-Arsenal starlet took a woman’s credit card as she slept in their hotel room — days after being freed from jail.
Jaydon Thorbourne, 22, ran up a £3,700 bill on his victim’s American Express card.
Ex-Arsenal starlet Jaydon Thorbourne took a woman’s credit card as she slept in their hotel room and ran up £3,700 bill
They had been spending the night at the four-star Dorsett City Hotel in Aldgate, central London, while he tried to continue the “certain lifestyle” he once had, Westminster magistrates’ court heard.
He was previously locked up for breaching a suspended sentence for similar offences.
Thorbourne, of Hornsey, North London, admitted fraud and was jailed for 26 weeks.
The left back trained with Arsenal stars at 18 before a spell with Crystal Palace but his career was wrecked by injury.
Thorbourne tried to continue the ‘certain lifestyle’ he once had, the court heard
The 22-year-old was previously locked up for breaching a suspended sentence for similar offences
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
