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Bristol Post
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Geoffrey Bennett

Burglar who raided Bristol home tracked down as he was wearing a GPS tag

When convicted burglar James Phillips raided a family home in Bishopsworth he made a big mistake. He was on licence for a previous sentence which included burglary and wearing a GPS tag - data from which police used to track him down.

Phillips, 32, of Willow Close in Bristol, pleaded guilty to burgling the home in October last year. Judge William Hart jailed him for 27 months. The judge told him: "You were not the prime mover. You were on licence at the time.

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