He forced part of a town centre to be closed off for nine hours until he came down.
A man who forced part of a town centre to close after he scaled on to a shop roof following a burglary has been jailed.Coulson, of Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, admitted intentionally or recklessly causing a public nuisance and three counts of burglary. He was jailed for two-and-a-half years.The cordon was in place for nine hours while emergency services attempted to get Coulson down safely
The court heard on 9 May Coulson stole a Mercedes car and 17 sets of keys from Europcar on Woodbridge Road. The following week he took laptops, phones and cash from a recruitment firm. On the same morning, he broke into Carats Jewellers and took more than £9,000 of jewellery.Police were called and they set up a large cordon, forcing many shops to close until he was ushered down.During sentencing, the court heard Coulson had 66 previous convictions - 36 for theft - and was on licence for a rape conviction from 2017 when the burglaries occurred.
In mitigation, his lawyer said he had shown "significant remorse" and suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after a "traumatic upbringing".
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