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Seven men who carried out a series of armed robberies in southern England, which ended when police shot dead two gang members, have been jailed.Seven men who carried out a series of armed robberies in southern England, which ended when police shot dead two gang members, have been jailed.
Kingston Crown Court heard how the gang took about £500,000 by robbing security vans making deliveries to banks.Kingston Crown Court heard how the gang took about £500,000 by robbing security vans making deliveries to banks.
Their 18-month campaign ended when the gang leaders were shot dead by armed officers outside a bank in Hampshire.Their 18-month campaign ended when the gang leaders were shot dead by armed officers outside a bank in Hampshire.
Getaway driver Terence Wallace, 26, and fellow gang member Adrian Johnson, 28, got the longest sentences of 17 years.Getaway driver Terence Wallace, 26, and fellow gang member Adrian Johnson, 28, got the longest sentences of 17 years.
Foiled raid Telephone records
The robberies took place at 18 locations in Oxford, Swindon, Bristol, Bath, Cambridgeshire, Hampshire, Reading, Ipswich and Gloucestershire between April 2006 and September 2007.The robberies took place at 18 locations in Oxford, Swindon, Bristol, Bath, Cambridgeshire, Hampshire, Reading, Ipswich and Gloucestershire between April 2006 and September 2007.
The spree came to an end when police shot dead ringleader Mark Nunes, 35, and 36-year-old accomplice Andrew Markland during a foiled raid in Chandler's Ford, Hampshire.The spree came to an end when police shot dead ringleader Mark Nunes, 35, and 36-year-old accomplice Andrew Markland during a foiled raid in Chandler's Ford, Hampshire.
Wallace, from Raynes Park, and Johnson, from Streatham Hill, had both denied conspiracy to rob. Clockwise from top left Johnson, Wilkinson, Iniodu and Wallace
Leroy Wilkinson, 29, from Streatham, who had also denied the charge, was jailed for 12 years. Wallace, from Raynes Park, and Johnson, from Streatham Hill, both in London, had denied conspiracy to rob.
Three men - Leroy Hall, Leon McKenzie and Brian Henry - were given reduced sentences for pleading guilty to being part of the gang. Johnson was also convicted of a separate cashbox robbery committed last November after Nunes was shot dead.
Leroy Wilkinson, 29, from Streatham in London, who had also denied the charge, was jailed for 12 years.
Three men - Leroy Hall, 32, Leon McKenzie, 28, and Brian Henry, 32 - all from London - were given reduced sentences for pleading guilty to being part of the gang.
Hall and McKenzie were given seven-year sentences and Henry was jailed for six-and-a-half years.Hall and McKenzie were given seven-year sentences and Henry was jailed for six-and-a-half years.
Victor Iniodu, who had denied conspiracy to rob, received five years. Leroy Hall, Leon McKenzie and Brian Henry all pleaded guilty
Victor Iniodu, 34, from Tooting, London, who had denied conspiracy to rob, received a five-year sentence.
During the trial, the jury was told that mobile telephone records of the gang members placed them at the scene of a series of bank raids, exactly a week before the crimes.
Their phones would then be switched off during the robberies.
The prosecution also said the phone records showed defendants had all been in contact with Nunes, who was the recruiter for the gang.
Judge Richard Southwell said the robberies were "highly organised and carefully planned".
Most of the raids occurred outside the M25, as the guards delivered cashboxes to small banks.