A serial armed robber who left people “shaken and fearful for their lives” in a month-long crime spree has been jailed for 10 years.

Gun-toting Daley Doma, 32, of Southbridge Place, Croydon, loitered in betting shops and banks before threatening staff with a semi-automatic pistol and demanding cash.

He was jailed on Friday after admitting nine counts of robbery, three counts of attempted robbery and 12 counts of possessing an imitation firearm at Snaresbrook Crown Court on November 24.

Doma stole more than £5,000 in total during robberies at betting shops and banks in Lewisham, Greenwich and Bromley.

Investigating officer, Detective Constable Shona Wilkinson of the Metropolitan Police Flying Squad, said: “Doma often loitered in the betting shops and banks he planned to rob, waiting for an opportune moment to approach a cashier.

“Once at the desk he pointed a black semi-automatic pistol at the cashiers and demanded money.

“His robberies were aggressive and he didn't hesitate to threaten the terrified staff. At the HSBC Bank in Deptford he held an employee at gunpoint and demanded cash from his colleagues.

“This sentence is a coup for bookmakers and banks in the area.

“While we have established that Doma was using an imitation firearm, the reality is that many of those who were threatened by Doma - or witnessed the robberies - have been left shaken and fearful for their lives.

“Today, those people can be reassured that Doma is in prison and out of their community.”

Doma was found in Deptford High Street on September 3 just hours after police issued a public appeal to find him.

The list of robberies and attempted robberies he was involved in is:

- Robbery at Paddypower, Deptford High Street, Lewisham, on August 1, 2015

- Attempted robbery at HSBC, Deptford High Street, Lewisham on August 5, 2015

- Robbery at Betfred, McLeod Road, Abbeywood, Greenwich, on August 7, 2015

- Robbery at Paddypower, Thames Reach, Greenwich, on August 11, 2015

- Robbery at Corals, Charlton Road, Greenwich, on August 11, 2015

-Robbery at Corals, Evelyn Street, Lewisham on August 17, 2015

- Attempted robbery at William Hill, The Parade, Croydon Road, Bromley, on August 21, 2015

- Attempted robbery at Jennings Bet, Evelyn Street, Lewisham on August 23, 2015

- Robbery at Corals, Brockley Rise, Lewisham on August 26, 2015

- Robbery at Corals, Evelyn Street, Lewisham, on August 30, 2015

- Robbery at William Hill, Mantle Road, Lewisham on September 1, 2015

- Robbery at William Hill, Deptford High Street, Lewisham on September 2, 2015.

Doma pleaded not guilty to an attempted robbery at Corals in Catford on January 31 and a robbery at Ladbrokes in Lewisham on February 9.