A man who stole a car from a doctors' surgery and drove it to his house in the same town has been jailed for 12 weeks.
Ronnie Bridges, 43, noticed a Mini Countryman with its keys in the ignition parked in the staff car park at Beccles Medical Centre on September 12 and took off in the vehicle.
Norwich Magistrates' Court heard he was seen on CCTV hanging around the car park before getting in the parked car and driving off.
A member of staff at the centre alerted the owner that her car had disappeared, she then called the police.
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Bridges was arrested just a day later only a mile across Beccles from the medical practice at his home on St Matthews Avenue, where he had parked the Mini outside.
Police officers who then searched his home found the car keys inside.
Bridges was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison after admitting to stealing the car.
He also pleaded guilty to possession of a small amount of cannabis found when he was searched following his arrest.
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