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GRIFFITHS: 32 YEARS FOR FAKE FIREMAN RAIDERS

DAGENHAM, ESSEX

Six members of a robbery team who dressed up as firefighters to hold-up shopkeepers at gunpoint were jailed for a total of 32 years today (Fri).

The well-drilled gang repeatedly raided cash-in-transit deliveries in east London and Essex armed with handguns, knives and crowbars before fleeing in stolen cars on false number plates.

The robbers, who included a former police officer and a convicted killer, were being watched by Flying Squad detectives as they staked out targets throughout 2010.

By December the gang changed their strategy by deploying two robbers inside shops, dressed in the distinctive firefighter's uniform and yellow helmet, as a ruse to gain access to safes and store rooms.

London fireman Russell Williams, 39, was recruited to supply bona fide uniforms to ex-police officer Gary Griffiths, 42, and Frank Nesbitt, 20, who wore the distinctive kit and armed themselves with a pistol to threaten shop staff and demand cash.

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January 27, 2012

STEELE: FORMER PRINCESS DIANA SOLICITOR JAILED OVER £17.5M FRAUD

PRESTON, LANCASTER, LANCS; ESHER, SURREY

An ex-partner at Princess Diana's solicitors and the former owner of Claims Direct have been jailed for a total of 11 years and nine months for carrying out a 'spectacular' £17.5m fraud on a Swiss bank.

Lawyer Kevin Steele, 51, helped create the pretence businessman Michael Shephard, 50, had a £76.4m personal fortune in two offshore accounts.

The two men used phoney paperwork claiming the money was available as a security with Bank Julius Baer (BJB) to trick EFG Private Bank into paying out a huge loan

EFG was told the cash would be used to finance the development of three luxury Turkish resorts where England striker Wayne Rooney and Brazilian ace Ronaldinho wanted to buy villas.

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January 27, 2012

DIZAEI: WATCHDOG INVESTIGATOR 'TOOK SIDES' IN DIZAEI CASE, DEFENCE CLAIMS

ACTON, KENSINGTON, WEST LONDON

A senior investigator was today (Fri) accused of ‘taking sides’ against Scotland Yard Commander Ali Dizaei during a corruption probe into the officer.

Peter Orr, who led an inquiry for the Independent Police Complaints Commission, ‘became far, far too close’ to web designer Waad Al-Baghdadi - who Dizaei is said to have framed for a bogus attack, it is claimed.

Dizaei, 49, is said to have inflicted injuries on himself to back up claims that the 26-year-old had assaulted him with a shisha pipe mouthpiece at Yas Persian restaurant in Kensington, west London.

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January 27, 2012

WILSON-COLE: JAIL FOR BLING DRUGS GANG

ISLINGTON

Five members of a street gang which ran an 'open market' drugs store to keep themselves in bling jewellery and sports gear are behind bars today.

The dealers peddled crack cocaine and heroin on a daily basis from a playground and community centre prompting a deluge of complaints to police from residents.

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January 27, 2012

JOLLY: BAN FOR HEART ATTACK BLUNDER NURSE

LANCASTER

A prison nurse who refused to help a colleague having an apparent heart attack was banned from working for six months.

Rose Jolly ignored the pleas of two worried colleagues when they told her that a probation officer was suffering 'shortness of breath and tightness across the chest'.

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January 26, 2012

WHITE: SIX IN COURT OVER £1M SMASH-AND-GRAB RAIDS

CENTRAL LONDON; ISLINGTON, NORTH LONDON

Six alleged members of a gang of smash-and-grab raiders who stole £1million worth of goods from London designer stores appeared in court today (Thurs).

Bradley White, 21, Daniel White, 18, Reece Jackson, 19, Steven Dedman, 19, Grant McCarroll, 18, and Lizzy Andrews, 18, are accused of targeting about 50 shops across the capital, including Dior, Anya Hindmarch and Lowe, and the Apple store.

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