Steven Reid, 40, of Exford Avenue in Southampton, appeared in Southampton Crown Court on Monday, January 16, after pleading guilty to shop and pub burglaries on August 14 and an accommodation burglary on November 13.

Reid broke into Poundland in Shirley High Street on 14 August at around 3.20 a.m. by breaking a window on the front door and stealing charity pots from the checkout counters by snapping the chains.

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