TWO armed robbers have today been jailed for nine years each after hitting a jewellery shop.

Oliver Mazirel, 22 and Gary Ridgwell-Smith, 23, were sent down for the Isle of Wight robbery in July last year but also sentenced for turning over an Isle of Wight Marks and Spencer's and Sussex University and taking a vehicle without the permission of the owner.

Mazirel was also sentenced for possession of an imitation firearm.

They were told their fate at Portsmouth Crown Court.

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