Five Convicted for Hammer Attack Jewellery Raid

Five Convicted for Hammer Attack Jewellery Raid
One member of a gang of thieves is captured on security camera footage entering a jewellery store in Birmingham, UK on Jan 6 2016. Screenshot/YouTube/WMP
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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Dramatic security camera footage has captured the moment a masked gang burst into a jewellery store and attacked a shop worker with a hammer, before making off with £250,00 ($330,000) of jewellery.

Miraculously, the victim escaped unharmed. The video footage, together with other CCTV footage, helped convict the gang of five who have now been sentenced to long stretches in prison.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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