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Prolific shoplifters who stole meat, laundry products and cigarettes from several Co-op stores while banned have been jailed. Jamie Hopkins and Adam Roberts pleaded guilty to the month-long spree of thefts at Maidstone Crown Court on Tuesday (May 14). In October, the pair were both subject to criminal behaviour orders banning them from entering several retail outlets including any Co-op store. But that didn’t stop Hopkins, of Browning Road, Dartford, who attempted to steal boxes of cigarettes from behind the counter at the Co-op in Talbot Lane, Swanscombe where he was challenged by a shop work…