A 40-YEAR-OLD man has pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary after stealing cigarettes and beer in a convenience store ram-raid in Mid Devon.

Police were called to reports of a break-in at a Spar store on Station Road, Hemyock, at around 2.30am on Wednesday, September 30.

A vehicle was used to obtain entry into the shop where cigarettes and beer were stolen.

Steven Keeling, of Denners Way, Uffculme, was arrested and subsequently charged with aggravated burglary.

He appeared at Exeter Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, October 14 and pleaded guilty.

He was remanded in custody and will be sentenced at Exeter Crown Court on Wednesday, November 11.