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| A man who ram-raided a supermarket dressed in only a pair of Ugg boots has been jailed for four years. | A man who ram-raided a supermarket dressed in only a pair of Ugg boots has been jailed for four years. |
| David Ball, 32, from Tyseley, Birmingham, ram-raided a supermarket and stole about £1,500 of cigarettes. | |
| He was chased by a police vehicle through rural Warwickshire before being arrested after the incident in April. | He was chased by a police vehicle through rural Warwickshire before being arrested after the incident in April. |
| Ball was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court for aggravated vehicle taking, burglary, driving with excess alcohol and other driving offences. | |
| As well as being sentenced to four years in jail, he was also given an additional 51-week jail term from an earlier suspended sentence. | |
| The judge said Ball had "50 to 60" convictions for theft which dated back to 1990. | |
| He was arrested after a police chase following the incident on 16 April. He pleaded guilty at Solihull Magistrates' Court the next day. |