Bristol man jailed for nearly five thousand pounds tobacco theft spree

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A thirty-six-year-old man has been jailed after admitting robbery, commercial burglary and shoplifting across Bristol, in a four-day run of offences that left shop staff frightened and businesses facing significant losses.

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00:00Avon and Somerset Police say a 36-year-old man who repeatedly targeted Bristol shops for tobacco

00:07has now been jailed for a series of thefts that left staffs shaken and businesses out of pocket.

00:14Jamie Doyle of No Fixed Address pleaded guilty to one count of robbery,

00:19four counts of commercial burglary and two counts of shoplifting.

00:24He was sentenced at Bristol Crown Court of three years and nine months in prison.

00:30According to police, the offences took place over four days between the 9th and 13th of October.

00:36The court heard that around 8.10 in the morning on the 9th of October,

00:41Doyle entered the co-op on Two Mile Hill Road, violently pushed a member of staff

00:46and stole thousands of pounds worth of tobacco.

00:50Officers say he then returned to the same co-op several times over the following days.

00:55He also targeted other shops, including a Tesco in Bell Hill Road and another co-op in Church Road.

01:02In one incident at the Church Road store in St George, he stole more than £1,300 worth of tobacco.

01:10Police say that in total he took nearly £5,000 worth of tobacco,

01:15along with over £60 in groceries and a £30 bottle of alcohol.

01:20Doyle was arrested on the 13th of October following the theft at Church Road Co-op.

01:27Avon and Somerset Police say Doyle's sentence reflects the scale of offending between the 9th and the 13th of October,

01:34including repeated thefts from the same co-op branch.

01:37Police say new evidence-sharing systems aim to speed up how officers respond to shoplifting.

01:44Police say let's use Rice Road Co-op mentioned the use for both a single male panel listening as a

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