Six men jailed after stealing £46,590 from cash machines

Three men broke into the building using bolt-cutters at around 2am in August 2019.

They used power tools to sever the connections on the machines and detach them from the building.

A fourth man drove to the venue and the men placed one of the machines into the back of a van, while a fifth man in another vehicle acted as lookout, before the group drove away.

One of the cash machines found in Loughton

The same five men returned to the venue and detached the second cash point at 4:25am.

The van pulled up outside and they all drove off with the second machine.

A sixth member of the group assisted with finding a yard to break into the machines out of public view.

Both machines were found separately by members of the public in Fairmead Road, Loughton and Hoe Lane, Abridge.

The vehicles involved in the burglaries were found abandoned near The Croft, Chingford by officers on routine patrol.

The incident took place in August 2019 following investigation, Met police tracked down the defendants in November 2019.

Four of the robbers were were sentenced at Wood Green Crown Court on Friday, October 29.

Jason Hardcastle, 35, of Waltham Forest was found guilty of conspiracy to commit burglary and jailed for three years and nine months.

Robert Neville, 42, of Brentwood pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods.

He was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment, suspended for two years, and 80 hours' unpaid work.

Aaron Noah, 32, of Harpley Square, Tower Hamlets pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary.

He also pleaded guilty to a burglary at the Nat West bank in Whitechapel on 28 June 2019.

He was jailed for four years and two months.

Kyle Shillingford-Small, 33, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary. He was jailed for four years and two months.

The other two men were convicted after a trial in September.

Abdirazak Yassin, 23, of Approach Road, Tower Hamlets was found guilty of conspiracy to commit burglary.

He was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment, suspended for two years, and 150 hours' unpaid work.

Hassan Ibrahim, 24, of Vernon Road, Tower Hamlets was found guilty of conspiracy to commit burglary. He was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment, suspended for two years, and 150 hours' unpaid work.

DC Will Man, of Specialist Crime, said: "Diligent policing, thorough detective work and a strong collaboration with prosecution counsel, David Harounoff and Brinder Soora, have led to these convictions and the sentences handed down today.

"Police officers are working day in and day out right across London to ensure that criminals are caught and held to account for their actions."