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A school worker admitted looting today and then walked into a lamppost as he left court.

Alexis Bailey, 31, from Battersea, south London, pleaded guilty to burglary with intent to steal at Richer Sounds in Southend Road, Croydon.

And as the primary school worker walked out of Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court with a paper held up to shield his face from photographers, he failed to see the lamppost in his path and walked straight into it.

Watch the video footage below