Dramatic footage shows jeweller robbery as thieves jailed
Two people have been jailed for a total of 14 years for their part in a raid on a jewellers in the Potteries Centre in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.
John Haining, who is 25 and from Eastern-by-Pass in Manchester, pleaded guilty to robbery, criminal damage and affray. He has been jailed for 12 years.
27-year-old Natasha Boomer, of New Street in Lees, Oldham, was jailed for two years after pleaded guilty to receiving stolen goods.
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It happened on 17 November last year when three masked men smashed display cabinets and stole watches and jewellery worth £500,000 from Beaverbrooks jewellers.
Haining and Boomer were arrested in the Oldham area on Thursday 27 November and charged the next day.
Police say they are still investigating.