A MAN was told he faces a lengthy jail sentence after he carried out a robbery at a petrol station.
Wayne Walker, 35, held up the Shell garage on Newport’s Chepstow Road during the early hours of November 27, 2020.
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He pleaded guilty to robbery at a hearing in front of Judge David Wynn Morgan.
Walker, of Chepstow Road, Newport, who appeared at Cardiff Crown Court via video link from the city’s prison, has previous convictions.
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Nicholas Gedge, prosecuting, asked for sentence to be adjourned so that the CCTV recording of the robbery can be obtained to play to the court.
Judge Wynn Morgan set a sentencing date of February 11.
He told Walker’s barrister Harry Baker: “He is going to receive a custodial sentence of some considerable length.”
The defendant was remanded in custody.
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