Published:
12:23 PM April 21, 2021
Paul Meads, of Lynn Road, Ely, has been jailed for using stolen bank cards to buy scratch cards.
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An opportunist thief from Ely who used stolen bank cards to buy scratch cards has been jailed.
Paul Meads, 53, took a sports bag from a vehicle parked on Lynn Road, which contained the victims’ bank cards on August 6 last year.
The victim discovered it was Meads who had taken the bag and called police.
An investigation revealed CCTV images of Meads visiting a nearby shop to buy scratch cards.
Officers searched his home in Lynn Road, Ely where they found seven scratch cards underneath his mattress.