GAMBLING addict Lloyd Kieran Jones launched an unsophisticated series of robberies using a plastic bag full of wires and handwritten notes threatening to blow himself up.
Lloyd Kieran Jones, of Glynneath, South Wales, embarked on a two-week spree at betting shops and travel agencies across eight counties in England and Wales.
Cardiff Crown Court heard that the balding 32-year-old carried out the attacks while out of prison on licence for robbery.
Jones unsuccessfully tried to rob the Betfair branch in Lydney on October 22.
He was eventually arrested in Chippenham, Wiltshire, on October 30.
Judge Eleri Rees jailed Jones for seven and a half years.
Lloyd Kieran Jones, of Glynneath, South Wales, embarked on a two-week spree at betting shops and travel agencies across eight counties in England and Wales.
Cardiff Crown Court heard that the balding 32-year-old carried out the attacks while out of prison on licence for robbery.
Jones unsuccessfully tried to rob the Betfair branch in Lydney on October 22.
He was eventually arrested in Chippenham, Wiltshire, on October 30.
Judge Eleri Rees jailed Jones for seven and a half years.