Originally Posted by
Haywood_Milton
Jewellery shop robberies always make the headlines. Even though the baddies are most often caught and sentenced, that news is less often reported with the same relish. This is a shame, as it encourages a never-ending stream of hopeless thickos to try their hand at what they think will be a lucrative and risk-free job. I post this here in the small hope of redressing the balance :
"Four men have been jailed total of 30 years after pleading guilty to robbery at a Nantwich jewellers.
Lewis Chalmers, Patrick Massay, Darren McAndrew and Joseph Schofield raided Moody’s Jewellers on Pillory Street on 27th July 2016 after smashing a hole in the front window using a sword and a drain grid.
They then dumped their getaway car and set it on fire on Brine Road, Nantwich, before being arrested in a van on the M6 in Staffordshire.
Chalmers 27yrs from Oswald Road, in Chorlton Cum Hardy; Massay 26yrs from Pegwell Drive, Salford; McAndrew 32yrs from Edlington Walk, Newton Heath; Schofield 20yrs from Dob Brook Close, Manchester, were sentenced at Warrington Crown Court on Monday 21st November 2016.
Chalmers and Massey were jailed for nine years, McAndrew eight years, and Schofield 48 months for their part in the robbery.
They wore balaclavas, forced a hole in the window and stole eight expensive Tudor watches before making off in a vehicle.
A joint operation by Cheshire Police, North West Motorway Group, Central Police Motorway Group, West Midlands Motorway Group and Staffordshire Police traced the van and four men inside were arrested on suspicion of robbery."
HM