A man who carried out a series of knifepoint robberies after choosing his victims through social media has been jailed.
Jalees Ahmad, 20, from Filton, near Bristol, targeted people selling mobile phones on Facebook and classified ad website Gumtree.
Police said he threatened victims with a hunting knife when he collected the items and then stole the phones. Ahmad was sentenced to 10 years in prison at Bristol Crown Court.
The robberies were carried out over a 12-day period between 2 and 13 March. Victims were targeted across Bristol, Keynsham, Kingswood and Weston-super-Mare.
Ahmad was jailed for five counts of robbery, one of theft, five of possessing a bladed article and possession with intent to supply cannabis. A previous suspended sentence was also activated as a result of his offending.
