A TEENAGER accused of breaking into homes across the Hunter in the dead of night to steal cars during a two-month period earlier this year has been refused bail, despite a magistrate lamenting the "totally unacceptable" delays in the case.
Queensland's Daniel Kirkland, 18, was arrested in Waratah in March and charged with break-ins at Merewether, New Lambton Heights, Cameron Park, Eleebana, Valentine and Hamlyn Terrace, part of a "concerning" surge this year in teenagers committing break-ins or home invasions to steal vehicles which included the alleged stabbing of Daniel Lowe at Merewether earlier this week.
