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Man who tried to take fishing boat to sea jailed

Bilal Adam, 30, pleaded guilty to taking the boat from Ramsgate Harbour on Tuesday.

Patrick Barlow

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Video00:58Security footage shows Bilal Adam driving the boat around Ramsgate Harbour
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A man who took a fishing boat and tried to take it out to sea, causing more than £5,000 worth of damage, has been jailed for eight months.

Bilal Adam, 30, took the boat from Royal Harbour in Ramsgate at about 03:15 GMT on Tuesday.

The Sudanese national, who lived in Manchester, pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicle taking and damaging a vehicle, and was sentenced at Margate Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.

He was also disqualified from driving for one year and 121 days.

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