Trio admit £50k raid on security van at Esso in Strood
Police at the scene of the raid on Esso in
Strood
by Julia Roberts
Two men and a teenager have today admitted their involvement in
a £50,000 robbery on a security van in Strood.
George Brockett, 25, of Mangold Way, Erith, Michael McCluskey,
also 25, of Brinkburn Close, Abbey Wood, and 18-year-old Alfie
Barker, also of Mangold Way, Erith, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to
rob between August 2011 and September this year.
Their arrests followed a raid at an Esso petrol station in
Cuxton Road just before noon on September 19.
During the hearing at Maidstone Crown Court, McCluskey and
Barker also admitted having an imitation firearm, namely an article
resembling a sawn-off shotgun, to commit robbery on September
19.
Brockett, formerly of Ivy Close, Gravesend, denied the same
charge and is expected to stand trial on February 18.
McCluskey and Barker were told by Judge Michael Carroll they
will be sentenced at the conclusion of those proceedings.
All three were remanded in custody.
21/12/12
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