Newport shoplifter stole Au and Ciroc vodka from Asda

One-man crime wave Kyle Jones targeted Asda and B&M stores in Newport no fewer than 14 times between February 21 and April 6. He took bottles of Au vodka, Ciroc vodka and a Henry vacuum cleaner with a combined value of more than GBP450 on three separate occasions from the Adsa store in Duffryn Jones, 36, of no fixed abode, Newport pleaded guilty to theft and being in breach of a criminal behaviour order.

MORE NEWS: Thug strangled and punched nurse as he drove along M4 motorway[1] The defendant has a long list of previous convictions for offences that include supplying drugs, burglary and shoplifting. Last year he was jailed for six months after he threatened a chemist with a steel shank at Boots on Caerleon Road[2] when he was confronted for stealing medicine.

For his current offences Jones was jailed for 12 months at Newport Magistrates' Court.

References

1. ^ Thug strangled and punched nurse as he drove along M4 motorway (www.southwalesargus.co.uk)
2. ^ jailed for six months after he threatened a chemist with a steel shank at Boots on Caerleon Road (www.southwalesargus.co.uk)