Jay Hamilton-Smith was just 15 when he was first sent down. Hailing from Abergavenny, he had a past speckled with stints in care, where he says he suffered repeated beatings and bullying, and eventually found himself on the streets. Desperate for cash to fuel his spiralling gambling and drug habits, he took to thieving from shops. This led him down a path of relentless criminality, accumulating a rap sheet of 33 offences, spanning from multiple dwelling break-ins - "a s***load" of shoplifting

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