Thief who stole bikes from hospital and university jailed

A PROLIFIC Nottingham bike thief's luck has finally run out after a judge decided to send him to prison.

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Solemn-faced Luke King said to his barrister "Can you tell my mum?" after Judge Steven Coupland jailed him.

The 32-year-old thief's sentencing hearing was told how he deliberately targeted high-value bicycles at a University of Nottingham campus, the QMC and outside a West Bridgford gym.

The defendant, of Aspley, took bolt croppers to the scene to snap the locks and rode off on the bikes, none of which have been recovered.

And his 19 previous court appearances for 42 offences include many for carrying out the exact same type of crime - a record that will see him spend Christmas and New Year behind bars.