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Student is jailed after knifepoint robberies ; A HIGH-flying university student has been jailed after admitting a string of armed robberies to fund his gambling addiction.

A HIGH-flying university student has been jailed after admitting a string of armed robberies to fund his gambling addiction.

William Mears, 19, of Regent's Park, Exeter, was sentenced to three years after he pleaded guilty to carrying out a series of knife-point robberies in both Exeter and Hertfordshire.

The student, in his first year at the prestigious London School of Economics, raided shops, a petrol station and a McDonald's outlet to feed his addiction, St Albans Crown Court heard.

The student, a former pupil at Exeter School, wore a balaclava and armed himself with a knife to carry out the raids.

He pleaded guilty to two armed robberies and asked for six other offences to be taken ...

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