scoobles Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Bungling robber jailed after boasting about 'doing over' Tesco store on Facebook minutes before raid 16:50, 10 April 2015 By Ben Kendall Andrew Hennels, 31, wrote on his Facebook page "Doing. Tesco. Over" just 15 minutes before bursting into the store Andrew Hennells demanded cash while armed with a knife at the store in King's Lynn A hapless robber who boasted about 'doing over' his local Tesco on Facebook minutes before the armed raid has been jailed for four years. Andrew Hennels, 31, wrote on his Facebook page "Doing. Tesco. Over" just 15 minutes before bursting into the store and demanding cash. Armed police were called to the store in King's Lynn, Norfolk, and Hennels was arrested in a nearby pub. His brainless social media post was later found by officers and admitted robbery and carrying a knife as an offence weapon at an earlier hearing at Norwich Crown Court . Sentencing him for armed robbery at Norwich Crown Court today, judge Anthony Bate said Hennells posed a "high risk of serious harm to the public". Hennells had escaped after stealing a car belonging to a retired couple who had stopped to use a cashpoint. But officers tracked him down in a nearby pub. He was carrying a knife and £410 in stolen cash. The 31-year-old, of Riverview Way, Gaywood, admitted robbery and carrying a knife as an offence weapon at an earlier hearing. Another count of robbery relating to the car-jacking was left to lie on file, Norfolk Police said. Outside court, Sgt Pete Jessop, from King's Lynn CID, said that the Facebook confession made it easier to prove the case. His brainless social media post was later found by officers and admitted robbery and carrying a knife as an offence weapon at an earlier hearing at Norwich Crown Court First ever convicted social media post. Wonder where it got locked up? www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/bungling-robber-jailed-after-boasting-5494680 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Ah, the old dangling participle folly. As you say, they've cut and pasted that and some sub editor couldn't be arsed proofing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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