A smash-and-grab burglar has been jailed after he stole toys including an 'Ultimate Batmobile set' from a toy shop.
Shane Barthorpe had been with another person during the raid at Toymaster, an independent specialist shop in Kirk Gate in Newark.
CCTV showed one of them carrying a drain grate used to smash a window on March 1 this year.
Staff found the shop had been broken into after an alarm was triggered.
Nottingham Crown Court heard the men, wearing gloves, were in the store for no more than a minute.
Items were selected worth more than £500.
Barthorpe, 31, of Vassey Close, Newark, was arrested and interviewed. He admitted he was responsible for the stolen items which were sold.
And he pleaded guilty to burglary at Toymaster and theft, and failing to comply with a suspended sentence.
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He asked for two more business burglary offences - at a garage and M&S - to be taken into consideration by Judge James Sampson, who gave him a total of 18 months in prison.
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The judge noted he "went equipped" at the Toymaster burglary. There were "two of you at least", he said, and the premises were targeted with "some degree of planning".
The prosecution said a window was damaged and "it was deliberately targeting premises out of hours".
Barthorpe, who apologised for what he had done, already has 39 convictions on his record for 69 offences for burglary, robbery, criminal damage and handling stolen goods.
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