A man has been jailed after stealing nearly £5,000 pounds worth of tobacco from Bristol businesses.
Jamie Doyle, 36, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to one count of robbery, four counts of commercial burglary and two counts of shoplifting and was sentenced to three years and nine months at Bristol Crown Court on Monday.
The offences, which took place in October, included stealing more than £1,300 in tobacco from the Co-Op in Church Road, St George, and violently pushing a staff member at the nearby Co-Op on Two Mile Hill.
Sgt Chris Wright said Doyle had caused “alarm” and “unnecessary stress to someone just trying to go about their daily job” in his efforts to get his “tobacco fix”.