A MAN was told he faces a lengthy jail sentence after he carried out a robbery at a petrol station.

Wayne Walker, 35, held up the Shell garage on Newport’s Chepstow Road during the early hours of November 27, 2020.

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He pleaded guilty to robbery at a hearing in front of Judge David Wynn Morgan.

Walker, of Chepstow Road, Newport, who appeared at Cardiff Crown Court via video link from the city’s prison, has previous convictions.

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Nicholas Gedge, prosecuting, asked for sentence to be adjourned so that the CCTV recording of the robbery can be obtained to play to the court.

Judge Wynn Morgan set a sentencing date of February 11.

He told Walker’s barrister Harry Baker: “He is going to receive a custodial sentence of some considerable length.”

The defendant was remanded in custody.