A burglar got stranded on a rooftop for nine hours and tried to steal £85,000 worth of watches.
Daniel Coulson, 49, was arrested on the roof of a jewellers in an early morning raid in Ipswich, Suffolk.
He injured himself and became stranded on the roof of Carats Jewellers – who he was trying to steal watches from – on May 16.
Fire safety crews brought him to safety using an extendable ladder and he was taken to hospital.
Coulson, of Ipswich, was charged with two counts of burglary and has now been jailed for two years.
He was also charged with intentionally/recklessly causing a public nuisance.
Coulson was further charged with another count of burglary relating to an incident at Europcar UK Ltd in Ipswich that took place the week before.
A Mercedes car, electronic devices, coffee machine, the keys of 17 vehicles and 10 electric vehicle charging cards were among the items stolen.
A man matching his description was spotted on CCTV and a man matching the description of the suspect on the CCTV footage had tried to pawn items the next day.
He had provided his name and identification as per the pawnbroker’s policy.
Coulson also admitted six offences which were taken into consideration by the judge.
He has also been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for intentionally causing a public nuisance, to be served consecutively, giving him a total of two years and six months in jail.
He was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £228.
Detective Constable Jack Evans said: ‘Coulson is a brazen individual who caused significant impact to business owners, the Ipswich community and emergency services.
‘His reckless behaviour on 16 May put not only himself but also members of the public on the ground at great risk of harm and to resolve the situation in the safest way possible, a considerable area of the town centre had to be cordoned off.
‘Businesses were unable to open whilst the incident was ongoing and, as a consequence, suffered significant financial losses.
‘The incident also required a large number of emergency services personnel to be present for several hours, which restricted their abilities to support other people who needed our assistance.
‘It is satisfying to see him in jail where he will have plenty of time to reflect on his criminal behaviour.’
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