'Brazen' tool thief caught on CCTV is jailed

A "brazen" thief who stole power tools worth thousands of pounds in full view of CCTV has been jailed.

Michael Stewart, 28, took tools worth around £2,700 from a business in High Street on 20 May last year then, three days later, stole tools worth £1,000 from a van in Flint Road.

He was arrested three months later after police trawled through camera footage and identified him.

Stewart, of Armthorpe Road, Doncaster, was jailed for three years and 10 months having been found guilty of burglary and robbery after trial at Sheffield Crown Court. He was also banned from driving for two years and 11 months.

Det Con Josh Heath said: "Stewart was brazen in his offences, committing these thefts in full view of CCTV.

"He targeted both a private business and a member of the public, stealing high value items with no regard for the consequences of his victims.

"I am glad that he will spend time behind bars for his selfish actions, and hope that his sentence is a lesson to other would-be burglars that crime does not pay."

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