Shoplifter who targeted c-stores and supermarkets jailed

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A shop thief has been jailed for more than 18 months after pleading guilty to several offences in South Gloucestershire. John Iles, 46, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to 82 weeks in prison at Bristol Magistrates’ Court. Iles was charged with nine counts of…

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