article_snippet: Jobless father-of-three Mario Bustamante-Leiva targeted City workers in London's bars, cafes and restaurants, stealing £21,000 worth of goods .
article_snippet: One of London’s most prolific thieves has been jailed for three years after stealing £21,000 worth of phones, wallets and computers during a five-month crime spree.
article_snippet: Bustamante-Leiva has now admitted 22 charges of theft between July and December 2014.
article_snippet: Bustamante-Leiva crime spree began in July 2014 in the City and Bustamante-Leiva last offence was committed on November 28 2014, when Bustamante-Leiva stole a bag and ipod at the ‘Counting House’ on Cornhill.
article_snippet: City of London Police detectives identified Bustamante-Leiva as a suspect in November 2014 after Bustamante-Leiva stole a bag in Catch bar on Liverpool Street.
article_snippet: As a result Crime Squad officers reviewed other similar crimes in the City and found that Bustamante-Leiva had also committed these offences.
article_snippet: Bustamante-Leiva was arrested on December 5 2014 when an officer spotted Bustamante-Leiva entering ‘The Monument’ public house in the City, whilst listening to an iPod Bustamante-Leiva had stolen from ‘The Counting House’ the previous week.
article_snippet: Bustamante-Leiva was arrested at the Monument pub in Fish Street Hill on December 5 whilst listening to an iPod Bustamante-Leiva had stolen from The Counting House in Cornhill the previous week.
highlights_snippet: Mario Bustamante-Leiva, 39, stole wallets and computers worth £21,000 .
  
highlights_snippet: He admitted 22 charges of theft between 21 July and 5 December 2014 .
  