A THIEF who stole a crossbow and paintball gun from a shop was jailed.

Nathan Richard Mulligan, aged 33, of Five Locks Road, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran, admitted the offence at a hearing before Newport Magistrates' Court.

The theft happened at Pontymister Angling Shop, Pontymister, Risca on October 2.

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The value of the goods was £294.99.

Mulligan also pleaded guilty to stealing spirits worth £104 from Sainsbury’s in Cwmbran in August and being in breach of a suspended sentence for others thefts.

Magistrates jailed him for a total of 36 weeks and ordered him to pay a £122 victim surcharge upon his release from custody.