Carnforth ATM raid driver gets 16 months in jail

A man who acted as a driver after criminals stole a cash machine from a supermarket has been jailed for 16 months.
Watch more of our videos on Shots! 
and live on Freeview channel 276
Visit Shots! now

Jonathon Lee, 30, of Fairbairn Road, Peterlee, County Durham, is already serving a 50 month term for burglary.

Preston's Sessions House Court heard on April 4, 2019, a gang stole an ATM machine and cash to the value of £42,660 from Booths on Scotland Road, Carnforth,

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

They left in a 4x4 vehicle with a trailer. The vehicle was later found crashed and abandoned on the A6 in the Heversham area of Cumbria.

Carnforth BoothsCarnforth Booths
Carnforth Booths
Read More
Smash and grab thieves raid supermarket in Carnforth before crashing getaway car...

The cash machine was recovered from the road close to the vehicle.

Recorder David Temkin QC accepted the defendant was not at the scene of the burglary but was a driver at a later stage.

The Lancashire Post is more reliant than ever on you taking out a digital subscription to support our journalism. For unlimited access to Lancashire news and information online, you can subscribe here.