One shop worker had a gun held to her head during the terrifying raid.
Two gun-toting brothers who committed a "terrifying" robbery at a corner shop have been jailed for 12 years each.Christopher and Matthew Reece burst into Spar in Leegomery, Telford, threatening customers and staff. Christopher Reece dragged one member of staff by her hair, held her at gunpoint and demanded she open a safe, before blasting a hole in a wall.
They arrived on bicycles with their faces covered. They yelled"get on the floor!" to customers. First they tried to get cash from the till, but when they found there was only a small amount, demanded to be let into the safe. One member of staff managed to escape and the police were called. After a 14-minute ordeal at the hands of the brothers, the duo fled on their push bikes, taking £842 in cash and £385 worth of cigarettes.In one member of staff's victim impact statement, she said the episode"has ruined me", that she can"feel them breathing" on her and she sees them in her nightmares. Several staff members had to have significant time off work and one left the shop.
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