These are the photographs which will break Marco Pierre White‘s heart.
The 30-year-old addict son of the celebrity chef was seen last month openly buying and smoking drugs on the streets of London, shortly before being arrested for a string of burglaries.
Troubled Marco Pierre White Junior on Wednesday admitted to a number of burglaries in a west London crime spree, including stealing £1,500 of Jellycat toys.
He raided an antiques shop on June 19 this year in Westminster, central London, Isleworth Crown Court heard. Marco Jr appeared via video link from HMP Wandsworth, wearing a grey prison tracksuit.
The ex-Celebrity Big Brother star pleaded guilty to burglary and criminal damage, but said he disputes the cost of the damage.
This is the photograph which will break Marco Pierre White’s heart
The 30-year-old addict son of the celebrity chef was seen last month openly buying and smoking drugs on the streets of London, shortly before being arrested for a string of burglaries
Marco Pierre White pictured with his son Marco Jr
On July 17 on Ladbroke Grove in the heart of Notting Hill, a photographer watched as Marco Jr cycled up to two men on an electric Lime bike and bought what appeared to be a rock of crack cocaine.
He then proceeded to smoke the drug from a pipe on the pavement outside a newsagents.
‘He clearly knew the guy who was selling the drugs very well,’ said an onlooker. ‘It was all done in a very relaxed manner and took about five minutes.
‘They weren’t the least bit furtive, it was only about 9pm and plenty of people were around. He’s quite a familiar figure in the area, riding around on his bike.’
In this week’s court case, prosecutor Ravinder Johal said White wrecked four mounted crystals and the entrance door to the shop.
On June 12, he burgled an Italian deli store in Kensington called La Piccola, stealing a laptop, tablet, iPod, and a till tray.
Just three days later, he smashed his way into a house in Kensington and Chelsea, and stole two natural rock crystal formations, causing £7,775 worth of damage to the front door.
A month later, on July 21, he broke into another store on Barnes High Street, south-west London, stealing £1,500 of Jellycat toys.
Troubled Marco Pierre White Junior on Wednesday admitted to a number of burglaries in a west London crime spree, including stealing £1,500 of Jellycat toys
He raided an antiques shop on June 19 this year in Westminster, central London, Isleworth Crown Court heard
Marco Jr appeared via video link from HMP Wandsworth, wearing a grey prison tracksuit. The ex-Celebrity Big Brother star pleaded guilty to burglary and criminal damage, but said he disputes the cost of the damage
Marco Jr, of no fixed address, admitted four counts of burglary and one count of criminal damage.
He previously pleaded guilty to the three counts of burglary on June 15, June 12, and July 21, at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court, and those pleas were entered again today.
He denied, however, one count of robbery, and is accused of stealing 26 bottles of personal hygiene products from a beauty store in Kensington and Chelsea on May 25 this year, to a value of £1,331.
Graeme Logan, defending, said: ‘Marco disputes the £43,000 figure relating to criminal damage. The figure appears to be an amalgamation for property stolen and damage to the property.
‘That figure is disputed. I ask for seven days to submit that plea.
‘With the allegation of robbery on May 25, which Mr White denies, an alternative plea of theft will be offered.’
Judge Edward Connell said: ‘There will be a hearing for that robbery charge at Isleworth Crown Court on September 2 this year. If the Crown does not accept it, a trial will be set for March 16 next year.’
Judge Connell told White: ‘I am going to adjourn your case for two weeks. You have pled guilty to serious offences both in the magistrates’ court and today, and at some point you will have to be sentenced for that.’
Marco Jr was remanded in custody and will be sentenced at a date to be fixed.
The incident is the latest in a long list of confrontations with the law for the reality star.
Last December, he avoided jail after being sentenced to a suspended 30-week prison sentence for a spate of burglaries in his hometown of Weston-super-Mare in Somerset.
In 2016, he was spared jail for spending £2,500 on his ex-girlfriend’s bank card.
He bought goods that were traded to buy drugs before he was finally arrested in Bristol.
Marco is pictured here in November 2017 when he was one of the first to buy the iPhone X when it was released that month
Marco Pierre White Snr, 63, who was the youngest ever chef to win three coveted Michelin stars
Previous offences also include one count of using threatening abusive language in 2011, when he was a teenager, and being drunk in charge of a car in 2016.
In 2019, he racially abused a police officer while he was ‘drunk as a skunk’ at the Cabin Bar pub in Paddington Station, west London.
His longest sentence was handed down in 2022 when, aged 27, he pleaded guilty to 14 offences including carrying a knife and racial abuse, getting 18 months in prison.
After being released, he vowed never to touch drugs again after spending more than £1million on rehab.
He also revealed he had converted to Islam to help him ‘stay clean’ and reform after years of drug abuse, which he has said began at the age of just 13.
In an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail in 2023, he said: ‘I have been in rehab 17 times and being in prison has made me realise that enough is enough.
‘I have been in rehab all over America and in the UK and the only thing that has cured me is being banged up in a cell for 23 hours a day.
‘I have realised how lucky I am and have been. I have seen all walks of life in prison and some people don’t have a chance in life. I have had every opportunity and I have thrown them all away.
‘I could have done anything I wanted to, but instead I did heroin and ended up in prison. I have been an idiot.’
Marco Pierre White Snr, 63, who was the youngest ever chef to win three coveted Michelin stars, and trained among others including Gordon Ramsay, was contacted by the Daily Mail.
