A prolific offender has been jailed for over a year after pleading guilty to several burglaries at the Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

Ben Brown, 19, of Willis’s Road, admitted breaking into The Seawave, Charlies Tavern, Flavours of India and The Lounge.

He also pleaded guilty to an attempted burglary at Tienda de Reina (a tobacco shop in Ocean Heights) and a separate charge of Going Equipped for Stealing – after he was arrested and found in possession of a chisel.

The court heard that all of the offences took place between the 24 and 28 of September last month.

In total, around £2,324 pounds was stolen from the five premises, whilst £2,210 of damage was caused during the incidents.

In court yesterday (Thursday 5 October), Brown was sentenced to 30 weeks in prison for each of the burglaries at Seawave, Charlies and Flavours of India and three days for the attempted burglary at Tienda de Reina.

Each of these sentences will run concurrently, meaning that his total sentence for these crimes is 30 weeks.

In addition, he received a 20-day sentence for the burglary at The Lounge. He received no separate penalty for Going Equipped for Stealing.

On 20 June of this year, he received a suspended sentence for burglaries at The Lounge and the IPA Bar and Restaurant (International Police Association), so this will now run consecutively.

Therefore in total, he was sentenced to 50 weeks and 20 days at HMP Windmill Hill.