Man jailed after clothes, cash and jewellery stolen in Shrewsbury town centre raid
A man has been jailed after thousands of pounds worth of clothes and jewellery were stolen during an early-hours raid at a town-centre shop.
Pockets in Shrewsbury's Square was burgled in the early hours of Monday morning, with the shop's owner reporting that around £4,000 of stock had been taken.
Designer clothing, jewellery and cash were among the items stolen after the front door was kicked in, owner Paul Platt said.
Paul Martin, 43, of Pave Lane, Newport, was charged with burglary and appeared before Kidderminster Magistrates Court today , where he pleaded guilty to the offence.
He was sentenced to six months in prison.
Mr Platt, who has run the shop opposite the Market Hall since 1996, said it was the second time his store had been burgled in recent months.
The shop was one of several in the town centre targeted during lockdown earlier this year, when around £10,000 worth of stock was stolen.
Speaking prior to Martin's sentencing a spokesman for West Mercia Police had explained he was arrested in the town after the offence.
A spokesman for the force said: "Police attended a burglary at Pockets in Shrewsbury at just after 1am on Monday, August 30, where a large quantity of clothing, jewellery and cash had been stolen.
"Paul Martin, 43, from Newport, was arrested a short time later in the town centre on suspicion of burglary.
"He was subsequently charged and remanded and appeared at Kidderminster Magistrates Court this morning."
Pockets sells premium men's clothing at five shops across the Midlands, with the Shrewsbury branch the original flagship store.
