Sentencing a promising artist with hundreds of convictions to more prison time is "almost pointless", according to a judge who described the man's life as a "tragedy" while extending his stint behind bars.
Peter Michael Crawford, 38, was just eight days into an ACT Supreme Court drug and alcohol treatment order when he ran away from a rehabilitation facility and jointly stole more than $75,000 worth of cash and goods from the University of Canberra supermarket.
