{"id":3935,"date":"2009-06-26T16:14:48","date_gmt":"2009-06-26T16:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2009\/06\/26\/learner-driver-helped-police-in-robber-pursuit\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T11:38:02","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T11:38:02","slug":"learner-driver-helped-police-in-robber-pursuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2009\/06\/26\/learner-driver-helped-police-in-robber-pursuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Learner driver helped police in robber pursuit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Birmingham gang jailed for Jewellers raid<\/h3>\n
\"\"A LEARNER driver helped police apprehend five robbers who attacked and robbed a Blackburn jeweller before feeling.<\/strong> <\/div>\n

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The gang, all from Birmingham, entered Rahman’s Jewellers on Whalley Range posing as customers before they launched a vicious attack against the owner. <\/div>\n

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As they fled the scene a driving instructor, who was conducting a lesson at the time, spotted the men and instructed his learner driver to follow them. He then called the police and gave them a running commentary until the robbers reached the motorway. <\/div>\n

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Today four of the five-man gang were jailed after pleading guilty.<\/div>\n

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Asad Mohammed, 25, of Newton Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham was sentenced to four years eight months; Mohammed Nasir Khan, 19, of Walford Road, Birmingham received three years four months; Adnan Ahmed, 21, of Baker Street, Sparkhill, Birmingham also pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and was sentenced to three years. <\/div>\n

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A 17- year-old man from Birmingham, who cannot be named for legal reasons, received three years. <\/div>\n

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Another man, Shah Hussain, 29, of Lichfield Road, Birmingham, was found guilty of robbery after a three day trial. He will be sentenced on 23 July at Preston Crown Court. <\/div>\n

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The court heard how the gang, wearing balaclavas and masks, threatened the owner of the jewllers with an axe, hammer and knife shortly after entering the shop. <\/div>\n

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They hit the owner on the head before smashing their way out through the shop window and making off with jewellery in a black Audi getaway car. <\/div>\n

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They attempted to set the car on fire before abandoning it and escaping in a Fiat Punto at speed. <\/div>\n

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Police officers including the Road Policing Unit, Armed Response Unit and force helicopter followed the Punto down the M65 motorway towards Burnley. <\/div>\n

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Officers from West Yorkshire assisted with the pursuit when the car crossed the force boundary before it was abandoned in Portsmouth, West Yorkshire, following a collision with another car. All five were arrested soon after in the area. <\/div>\n

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The owner of the shop was treated in hospital for head injuries, a laceration to his face and cuts to his hands. His wife, who was also in the shop at the time was badly shaken but was not injured. <\/div>\n

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Susan Riley, Divisional Crown Prosecutor for Crown Prosecution Service in Blackburn said: “This was a particularly serious crime with a number of aggravating features. The defendants had equipped themselves with weapons and were prepared to use them, subjecting the shop owner and his wife to a terrifying ordeal. They went to considerable lengths to escape arrest, driving the getaway vehicle dangerously and endangering other road users.\u201d<\/div>\n

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