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Aaron Davis was jailed for three years
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An Ipswich drug-dealer who left a trail of bank notes in his wake after they fell out of his pocket during a police chase has been jailed for three years.
Police officers stopped an Audi A3 driven by Aaron Davis in Yeoman Close, Ipswich and when they approached the vehicle they noticed a strong smell of cannabis, Ipswich Crown Court heard.
When Davis got out of the car, he was initially compliant.
But when a police officer removed her handcuffs with the intention of putting them on him, he had run off in the direction of a footpath.
Derek Pinto absconded from Hollesley Bay prison
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An inmate who could not resist the overwhelming temptation to walk away from open prison and see his family before lockdown has received more time in a higher security jail.
Derek Pinto was handed another four months custody on an eight-year term imposed at Blackfriars Crown Court for possessing a loaded handgun.
The 22-year old, who absconded from Hollesley Bay prison as another national Covid-19 lockdown loomed last year, pleaded guilty to escaping lawful custody at Ipswich Crown Court on Wednesday.
Pinto returned to Hollesley Bay prison the following day
Derek Pinto absconded from Hollesley Bay prison
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An inmate who could not resist the overwhelming temptation to walk away from open prison and see his family before lockdown has received more time in a higher security jail.
Derek Pinto was handed another four months custody on an eight-year term imposed at Blackfriars Crown Court for possessing a loaded handgun.
The 22-year old, who absconded from Hollesley Bay prison as another national Covid-19 lockdown loomed last year, pleaded guilty to escaping lawful custody at Ipswich Crown Court on Wednesday.
Pinto returned to Hollesley Bay prison the following day
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Noel Clarke was jailed at Ipswich Crown Court for stealing charity boxes
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An unscrupulous criminal with more than 230 previous convictions who stole eight charity boxes during a string of thefts in Ipswich and Woodbridge has been jailed for 26 months.
Sentencing 51-year-old Noel Clarke, Judge Emma Peters described the thefts of the collection boxes as “utterly deplorable” and accused him of having “no moral compass.”
Ipswich Crown Court heard that Clarke had mainly targeted Co-op stores and with the help of a woman friend had distracted staff by asking to buy cigarettes before cutting the string attaching the charity boxes to the counter and making off with them hidden under his coat.
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The pair appeared before Ipswich Crown Court Picture: ARCHANT
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A burglar who broke into an isolated house in Lower Holbrook has been given a suspended prison sentence.
Before Ipswich Crown Court was 35-year-old James Smith, of Aldham Road, Hadleigh, who admitted burglary, theft of alcohol and breach of bail.
He was given a 12 month prison sentence suspended for two years and ordered to do 200 hours unpaid work.
He was also given a 20 day rehabilitation activity requirement and an alcohol treatment order.
Juliet Donovan, prosecuting, said the homeowner had left his isolated five bedroom home in Harkstead Road, Lower Holbrook locked and secure in February 2018 and returned later to find a kitchen window had been smashed.