Eight years for "professionally planned" armed raid on Poole jeweller (From Thisisdorset)
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Eight years for "professionally planned" armed raid on Poole jeweller
8:07am Friday 9th November 2012 in Latest By Julie Magee
Eight years for "professionally planned" armed raid on Poole jeweller
A LONDON gang member who terrorised staff during an armed robbery at a Poole jeweller’s shop has been locked up for eight years.
Oladapo Obadare, 20, was brought to justice yesterday after detectives found his blood on smashed display cabinets at Forum Jewellers on The Broadway, Broadstone.
Bournemouth Crown Court heard how four other members of the masked gang, who struck at 10.55 am on September 11, are still at large along with their £40,000 haul.
Prosecuting, Simon Jones said six employees had been in the shop during the raid, adding: “Three were on the shop floor; the others were in a rear office when a woman entered and dropped her mobile phone. As she picked it up she exchanged a look with a man who had his hood up and was wearing a scarf, before she left.
“Fearing a robbery was about to take place Natalie Perry went to run to the back of the shop to alert the others; as she did a silver handgun was pointed at her.
“Two men used sledgehammers to smash display cabinets before placing property in a bag. Another man was timing the robbery and shouting instructions.
“They got into a vehicle outside, with false plates, found abandoned nearby. This was a professionally planned commercial robbery.”
Forensic examiners linked Obadare, of no fixed abode, to blood stains found on broken glass recovered at the scene and he was arrested on Sept-ember 29.
In a statement, traumatised shop director Helen Molloy said she was convinced she was going to be shot after staff had been ordered to lie down at gunpoint.
Since the raid she hadn’t been able to relax, constantly worrying that the shop would be targeted again and still suffered constant flashbacks and nightmares.
One member of her staff said she thought it was the last time she would see her five-year-old son and another kept mentally reliving the raid.
Defending Obadare, who admitted robbery, Robert Grey said he was a London gang member and had agreed to take part in the raid after his mother had been threatened.
Mr Grey added: “He didn’t know there was a gun involved until he was in the shop and wants to say sorry to the staff.”
Imposing an eight-year sentence, with an extended four-year licence period, Judge Samuel Wiggs told Obadare: “Five people went into the jewellery shop and caused terror; somebody had either a firearm or an imitation firearm. You attacked the cabinets and £40,000 worth of jewellery was stolen which has not been recovered.”
Missing items include two shelves of Citizen watches and diamond rings.
Comments(23)
B.F.G
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9:19am Fri 9 Nov 12
chris003
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9:26am Fri 9 Nov 12
slymo cherrie
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9:35am Fri 9 Nov 12
chris003 wrote:Not a very intelligent comment. Nowhere in the article does it even suggest he has any hands anyway.
Chop his hands off !!
domupchuck
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9:59am Fri 9 Nov 12
slymo cherrie wrote:haha, nice one.
chris003 wrote:Not a very intelligent comment. Nowhere in the article does it even suggest he has any hands anyway.
Chop his hands off !!
steve518
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10:01am Fri 9 Nov 12
rba
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11:14am Fri 9 Nov 12
muscliffman
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11:15am Fri 9 Nov 12
Are gang links with the also apparently 'gang' related Bournemouth Roumelia Lane murder being considered as possible/probable by the Police?
It would be interesting to know.
slymo cherrie
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11:43am Fri 9 Nov 12
thank goodness
Victor_Meldrew_Lives!
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11:48am Fri 9 Nov 12
It works because it keeps scum off of the streets.
If they can't be rehabilitated then lock them up and throw the key away.
Flembo
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12:14pm Fri 9 Nov 12
Our prisions are full to the brim, that explains the 8 years. Petty criminals i.e. junkies regularly receive no prison terms. Essential legalised crime, while we then pay for their housing and heroin substitute.
Put them to work I say make criminals pay the state back for what they have done..make criminals profitable to the state.
slymo cherrie
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1:43pm Fri 9 Nov 12
the parsons nose
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2:26pm Fri 9 Nov 12
rba wrote:and many immigrants are hard working decent people ,why shouldnt they travel the world to better themselves , dont the british do it ? if you live and work in another country are you not the same .the world should have no boundaries ,the only thing is that immigrants should recieve no state help whatsoever nor their offspring which would get rid of the stroke pullers
yeah sort out the immigration issues, it’s a joke how the government have given this country away. I am sure if you get the calculator out it doesnt take a genius to work out that crime has escalated over the last 10+ years since non EU’s started flooding into this country
some of the people who come here have escaped very harsh conditions ,this country is a dream for them ,they appreciate what they have come to and contribute ,sometimes a lot more than the people native to this country so the racist remarks are unessessary
slymo cherrie
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2:45pm Fri 9 Nov 12
P Barker
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3:50pm Fri 9 Nov 12
Dont drop litter
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3:54pm Fri 9 Nov 12
Rednax wrote:Exactly. Why hasn't he been forced to provide the names of the others, including the woman with the phone?
good work - now find the other 4
Bring out the rusty old thumbscrews and the burning match sticks under the finger nails. Ve have Vays of making you talk!
i have heard it all now
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4:22pm Fri 9 Nov 12
EGHH
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4:59pm Fri 9 Nov 12
roguetrader666
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5:59pm Fri 9 Nov 12
Peter 123
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4:31am Sat 10 Nov 12
DrBos1000
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9:32am Sat 10 Nov 12
Controversial But True
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12:05pm Sat 10 Nov 12
polblagger
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7:39pm Sat 10 Nov 12
Rednax says...
9:14am Fri 9 Nov 12