 A sweet-toothed thief who stole 200,000 Cadbury Creme Eggs has been jailed for 18 months. Joby Pool, 32, used a metal grinder to break into an industrial unit in Telford, Shropshire, on February 11. Police had scrambled to the scene, but not before he drove off with assorted chocolate goods worth more than £31,000. At Shrewsbury Crown Court on Thursday, Pool, of Dewsbury Road, Tingley, near Leeds, was jailed by Judge Anthony Lowe for a year-and-a-half, with half of that to be spent in prison and the other half on licence. The six months he has already spent in custody will count towards the nine months behind bars. Pool had used a stolen tractor unit to tow away a trailer-load of Creme Eggs from an industrial unit belonging to SW Group Logistics in Stafford Park, Telford. The stolen chocolate was then driven onto the northbound M42, where Pool later surrendered by walking towards police 'with his hands up' near junction 11, a court hearing previously heard. Pool, who appeared in the dock wearing a grey long-sleeved Adidas shirt on Thursday, had previously admitted theft, criminal damage to a lock at the trailer park and driving without insurance. Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Joby Pool, appearing in the dock at Telford Magistrates' Court(Picture: PA) Defending, Debra White said he has shown 'genuine remorse' for what he had done. She said: 'There were two significant losses in his life, then a third loss in terms of his relationship, and a fourth in terms of the loss of his business. 'There were difficult things he was dealing with and he turned to drugs and alcohol as a crutch, which made things much worse for him. 'He has taken full responsibility. He is not self-pitying, he feels remorseful for the company involved and his family because he knows he has let them down. 'He has been away from them for nearly six months now and they have had to try and cope with that. 'The){kind=link}
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A sweet-toothed thief who stole 200,000 Cadbury Creme Eggs has been jailed for 18 months.
Joby Pool, 32, used a metal grinder to break into an industrial unit in Telford, Shropshire, on February 11.
Police had scrambled to the scene, but not before he drove off with assorted chocolate goods worth more than £31,000.
At Shrewsbury Crown Court on Thursday, Pool, of Dewsbury Road, Tingley, near Leeds, was jailed by Judge Anthony Lowe for a year-and-a-half, with half of that to be spent in prison and the other half on licence.