A man who broke into a town's cinema and stole fizzy drinks has been jailed.
Shane Barthorpe, of Kingswell Avenue in Arnold, also tampered with an empty till at Newark's Odeon Cinema after getting into the London Road building at about 4.35pm on Sunday, March 21.
Barthorpe, 33, was identified through CCTV inquiries and was arrested two days later.
He admitted a charge of burglary at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, March 24 and was sentenced to 20 weeks in jail.
Nottinghamshire Police's Newark beat manager, Constable Robert Nelson, said: "We are actively patrolling our town centres and have lots of measures in place to protect our business, many of which have been closed for a long time due to the pandemic.
“This burglary was committed in one of the places where we have increased patrols in place as part of the Newark Safer Streets fund.
"Barthorpe has been swiftly brought to justice for his crimes and this is something we are working hard to deliver when an offence has been committed.
"We take all burglaries seriously and work around the clock to establish who is responsible.
"We'll continue our operations to target offences in the town centre and welcome any information from our members of the public if they see anything at all suspicious."
