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Jammie Dodger biscuit gang jailed for 11 years
2016-04-05 21:24:59 Post No. 37113
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Jammie Dodger biscuit gang jailed for 11 years
Anonymous
2016-04-05 21:24:59
Post No. 37113
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A gang of thieves yelled ‘anyone want a biscuit?’ after being jailed for pinching £20,000 worth of treats from a Jammie Dodger factory.
The five-strong mob, mostly from Merseyside, drove into Burton Food Factory at Cwmbran, South Wales, pretending to make a legal pick-up, in June 2015.
On Monday, they were jailed for more than 11 years at Cardiff Crown Court .
Police used traffic cameras and mobile phone cell sites to catch the gang who had driven in convoy from Liverpool to South Wales during the plot.
Wagon Wheels plant
They used a tractor unit and trailer stolen previously in Kent and a missing Network Rail crew bus which had false number plates.
The court heard how one of the defendants calmly drove up to the gatehouse at the Burton plant in Ty Coch Way, Cwmbran - where Wagon Wheels are also made.
Just before 3am, on June 17, the rogue driver was wearing a high-visibility jacket and was directed to the distribution office where he explained he had arrived to collect a load for Liverpool.
Prosecutor Jason Howells said: “At 3.10am, he drove back towards the gatehouse and left, passing the guard who thought he had made a legitimate pick-up.
“He had left one stolen trailer behind and taken another.”
The Jammie Dodger trailer was later found abandoned and its entire stock of biscuits had disappeared.
Jail sentences
Anthony Edgerton, 35, whose address was given as HMP Liverpool, was jailed for 44 months, while former soldier Kieron Price, 28, of Crofton Road, Runcorn - who served with the Royal Engineers in Afghanistan - was given 18 months.
Stephen Burrow, 36, of HMP Dovegate in Staffordshire, and Aaron Walsh, 25, of Adam Close, Garston , each received 16 months.
Paul Price, 38, of no fixed abode, got 40 months.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/jammie-dodger-biscuit-gang-jailed-11138883
