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A MAN’S attempt to steal clothes from a David Jones department store erupted into a violent robbery when he attacked a female assistant, a court has heard this week.
Adam Wells fled the store with a female accomplice after he punched the female victim in the face, splitting her lip open.
His spree of bad behaviour included a bottle shop robbery and the use of a stolen car.
Wells was brought before Ipswich District Court for sentence on Tuesday.
Tattoos and a distinctive hat he wore helped police link him to the crimes.
Adam John Wells, 31, from Booval, pleaded guilty to committing a robbery with violence when in company at David Jones in Westfield Garden City on April 19, 2020; and robbery of the bottle shop at the Prince Alfred Hotel in Ipswich on April 13, 2020.