A Dartford jewellery thief has been handed a suspended jail sentence for theft and fraud.

Reece Jones, 22, stole jewellery worth £3,600 from a house in Green Street, Green Road between March 1 and May 9 this year.

He then sold the jewellery on to a shop in The Orchards shopping centre on May 2 and 6, making profits of £136.20.

Jones, who lives on Overy Street, pleaded guilty to theft and two counts of fraud by false representation at Dartford and Gravesham Magistrates Court on Friday (July 30).

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Jones was sentenced at Dartford and Gravesham Magistrates Court

Magistrates sentenced Jones to 18 weeks in prison, suspended for 18 months.

He must also pay £136 compensation, a £180 criminal courts charge, £85 costs and an £80 victim surcharge.

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