A CAMPERDOWN man who was only released from jail last month has been refused bail after being charged with more offences.
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Brett Raymond O'Neil, 38, of Gunner Street, unsuccessfully applied for bail in the Warrnambool Magistrates Court and was remanded in custody until July 10.
Police said that at 1.30am on June 11 Mr O'Neil and a woman were in Camperdown and went to a Brooke Street address with the intention of stealing a car.
The woman went inside a vulnerable man's house, had a conversation with him and stole his wallet, keys and a mobile phone.
The victim challenged the woman and she returned his wallet but she denied she had his keys.
She left but the victim was suspicious about the keys.
A few minutes later the victim heard the distinctive sound of his car being unlocked and went outside to see the woman and Mr O'Neil near his car.
He challenged them and they ran off.
The missing keys included a car key, two house keys, four Yale lock keys and a distinctive lanyard.
The woman was charged 11 days later with offences.
On Monday police executed a warrant at Mr O'Neil's home and located some of the stolen keys.
Officers also found two stolen sets of binoculars, a large tool kit, a street sign and six .22 ammunition rounds.
Mr O'Neil was arrested and charged with seven dishonesty offences including burglary, theft, attempted theft of a car and handling stolen goods.
Investigating officer Senior Constable Andrew Kirkpatrick opposed bail saying Mr O'Neil was an unacceptable risk of continuing to offend and had prior offences of failing to answer bail.
Mr O'Neil told the hearing he was the victim of a witch hunt, had only been recently released from jail and was willing to report to police daily while on bail.
Magistrate Cynthia Toose denied bail saying it was a pretty strong police case.
She said the victim was a vulnerable person and the stolen lanyard was found hanging above Mr O'Neil 's bed.
The magistrate said Mr O'Neil had 21 pages of prior convictions and the new charges were concerning.