A young man living in the woods without a tent or sleeping bag committed the first crime of his life out of desperation, a court has heard. Charlie Hughes had found himself sleeping rough and was struggling to access mental health support and accommodation when he broke into a shop in Canterbury. A lawyer acting for the 20-year-old said he carried out the burglary during a “horrific few months” in his life. Folkestone magistrates were told he had been sleeping rough over the festive season after a fall-out with his mother and had no luck securing shelter through homelessness organisations. At …