TRAIL OF BANKNOTES LEADS COPS TO CROOKS

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The E-Sylum: Volume 19, Number 37, September 11, 2016, Article 32

TRAIL OF BANKNOTES LEADS COPS TO CROOKS

In the you-just-can't-make-this-stuff-up department comes this report from the U.K. about crooks who couldn't hang on to their loot. -Editor

Like a sort of criminal Hansel and Gretel, two thieves left a trail of banknotes leading police to their hiding spot after they blew up an ATM.

Christopher Bowyer, 32, and Christopher Myatt, 20, used gas to blow up a cash machine on the forecourt of a BP Garage in Cheadle, Stockport, and then left with £25,000, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.

Police didn’t have to look far to find those responsible, principally because Bowyer and Myatt left a trail of roughly £2,500 in notes. A force helicopter found the pair hiding on the M56 gantry at the Wythenshawe junction. After they were caught, police found on Myatt’s phone internet searches for the gas used in the explosion as well as pictures of the petrol station forecourt.

The pair pleaded guilty to causing an explosion likely to endanger life, and theft.

To read the complete article, see:
Thieves who blew up cash machine caught after leaving trail of banknotes (http://metro.co.uk/2016/09/06/thieves-who-blew-up-cash-machine-caught-after-leaving-trail-of-banknotes-6112275/)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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