Craig Boulstridge, 47, who has been addicted to class A drugs for the past three decades, struck at arcades in Great Yarmouth.

He damaged cash boxes and amassed a total of about £3100 in £1 and £2 coins over a series of raids in the spring and summer.

Wellington Pier, Great Yarmouth (Image: Newsquest) Norwich Crown Court heard Boulstridge had been at Wellington Pier in Great Yarmouth on April 7, when he took the cash box from an arcade machine containing £1 and £2 coins to the value of between £700 and £800.........

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